09-03-2008, 07:16 PM
rgG, I have a couple of better questions:
1) Why in the world would she (or any other teen) allow pics of herself like these to be taken?
2) And then, if taken, why would she allow them to be posted to the 'net for all to see? I'm guessing these were on her or someone else's myspace page, as is typical for this sort of thing.
It's not the drinking that I have a problem with-- kids do drink, have sex, etc. It's the attitude that it's so "cool" that everyone has to see it and know about it, that I think is problematic of this generation's teens (the "look at me" generation; very narcissistic tendencies; read here: http://www.newsweek.com/id/123484 ). Something to discuss with your teenage daughter, why it is so damned important that everyone knows what everyone else is doing, 24/7 ... what happened to personal boundaries and privacy?
1) Why in the world would she (or any other teen) allow pics of herself like these to be taken?
2) And then, if taken, why would she allow them to be posted to the 'net for all to see? I'm guessing these were on her or someone else's myspace page, as is typical for this sort of thing.
It's not the drinking that I have a problem with-- kids do drink, have sex, etc. It's the attitude that it's so "cool" that everyone has to see it and know about it, that I think is problematic of this generation's teens (the "look at me" generation; very narcissistic tendencies; read here: http://www.newsweek.com/id/123484 ). Something to discuss with your teenage daughter, why it is so damned important that everyone knows what everyone else is doing, 24/7 ... what happened to personal boundaries and privacy?