I don't like children/teenagers

[noname223]

Maybe it is just envy because my childhood was ruined and most of them have way better chances in life than I had. I think one big argument is that I was bullied a lot when I was young. Especially when I was a teenager school was extremely hell. I was very overweight. They destroyed my soul. However my parents also mistreated me a lot too.
Teenagers bully so much. Maybe I am not in contact with enough other humans (I am kind of isolated) but mature people seem to be more friendly. At least some of them.
I am glad I won't have children it is my biggest achievement in life. Sadly my (also mentally ill) sister wants to procreate.
I am not sure if all young children are innocent. They can also be kind of evil. To make that clear I would never hurt any children (like my parents did). I just think it would be better for everyone if they don't come into existence in the first place.

 

[Bootleg Astolfo]

Teenagers scare the living shit out of me, they could care less, as long as someone'll bleed, they darken their clothes, or strike a violent pose, maybe they'll leave them alone but not me.

 

[FuneralCry]

I do not like people in general. I avoid them as much as I possibly can. People can be cruel and can cause us lots of pain. I agree that it is better to never be born. We were all perfectly fine not existing until we were forced to live. Non existence means no suffering. I do not like children, I find them loud and annoying. I have bad memories from my teenage years so I also feel negatively towards teenagers. I do not like seeing elderly people though either as I never want to be old. The only envy that I have is towards those who died at a younger age.

 

[albino_elk]

teens are immoral and immature they are programed just as shit as we are. morality is cultivated through years of experience and fails/loss. sorry. i had simmilar experiences except i didnt had a real ( i was in orphanage before him, and speaking of her i saw her maybe just 2 times in my life) mother or a father but my "father" beated me so many times through the years, he choked me and said that i should go to a deep forest and get lost myself in there and hang myself, i was just 15-16back then. i think all we can do is just accept that people are shit and move on, grief and pain aint gonna solve anything. meh i dunno anything actually, dont listen to me xd . low5 tho

 

[FTL.Wanderer]

Daily bullying leading to frequent ER visits with broken bones... ruined my childhood. I think one of the reasons I have so little respect for authority or the establishment is that these enforcers know what's happening but so rarely intervene. They're even often the bullies. I watched a documentary recently about a growing problem in Japan--of kids dropping out of school and becoming partial-recluses. I wasn't shocked to learn that bullying is one of the primary reasons for this. And that often it's the teachers themselves bullying--emotionally and physically--the kids. But it's hidden. Then the kids and their families have to deal with the fallout that can last a lifetime.

I also have a jaundiced view of childhood because, both personally and professionally, I've witnessed terrible cruelty from children. But because we love them so much, we often excuse their cruelty. But then who takes care of those who suffer the consequences of this cruelty (rhetorical)?

To add some hope (?), in Japan, so called "Free Schools" have been opening up that replace the rigid, hierarchical scholastic structure with one based on nurturing, community-learning, and trust-building among students and between students and teachers. University studies are showing the results tend to be so positive most of these students can rejoin traditional academic settings successfully. Bullying can destroy lives. Stopping it and caring for people suffering from it can save lives.

 

[Anxieyote]

For me, it's envy. I work with teenagers, and they seem to feel unstoppable, invincible, and free to express themselves however they want. I never experienced that as a teen because of bullying and crippling social anxiety.

Even those who don't partake in active bullying will exclude you and laugh at you if you say something that skews from what's the "cool" thing to say.

I'm sorry I'm not following the social scripts that you made up, you dumbass children. They likely derive lots of satisfaction from passing each other's social shit tests, and choose partners and friends as a result of these tests. I am incapable of passing the tests, so I am never "chosen" as a confidant or friend. I would recommend any adult to avoid teenagers because of their fierce social hierarchies. It is too much stress to handle.

 

[OnlyTheWind]

Don't like children. Teenagers make me depressed because I'll never be one again and they remind me of everything I missed out on.

 

[Suicidebydeath]

Even regular teens can do horrible things before they turn into respectable adults. Humans are messed up.

 

[chocolatebar]

Don't like children. Teenagers make me depressed because I'll never be one again and they remind me of everything I missed out on.

Exactly how I feel. Looking at younger people is so painful...

 

[Pluto]

I love children so I'm going to put on my flame suit and disagree with you all.

Maybe it is just envy because my childhood was ruined and most of them have way better chances in life than I had.

I used to feel the same way when I was young. What I came to understand is that these feelings can be caused by other factors.

1) We have no community. Children are considered property of the parents and all other adults are considered nobodies. Children are taught to avoid outsiders (admittedly for good reason) and as such, they appear as noisy nuisances. Leading onto point #2...

2) If you have experienced personally bonding with a child and the pure and untainted love that they give, the sense of rivalry or jealousy evaporates. (If it doesn't, well then best to keep away from them.)

I would recommend any adult to avoid teenagers because of their fierce social hierarchies. It is too much stress to handle.

According to the legendary German developmental psychologist Erik Erikson, the main 'crisis' that teenagers face is striking a balance between having a unique identity, yet belonging as a part of a group. You will see this play out in many ways.

However, the more important point to make is that children and teenagers are directly imitating the adults around them, but in a crude manner that lacks the slick sugar-coating of adult behaviour.

Adults have numerous social hierarchies: racial, gender, socioeconomic as well as subtler equivalents within families and social groups. The very nature of school - locking children in classrooms to compete with each other for 'grades' - is aggressively hierarchical. Yes, children do notice. And yes, monkey see, monkey do.

The real tragedy is that we are witnessing a system of incompetence and/or malice in media, schooling and parenting that is perpetuating human shittiness before our very eyes, like a photocopier of doom.

Other criticisms of teenagers are analogous to neglecting/mistreating a car until it runs like crap, then complaining about what a bad car it is. Personally, I don't buy it. I am only ever going to criticise the forces that rape, pillage, pollute and destroy the beautiful sweetness that is innate in children so we can keep turning the wheels of our dysfunctional society.

 

[Insomniac]

teenagers/young adult think they're so open minded when they're litteraly the most single-minded age group to be.

 

[TheHatedOne]

I was also bullied daily when I was in school which really fucked up my life and changed me completely. I honestly hate teenagers more. I can't stand them. Obnoxious, loudmouthed, careless, walking like zombies, mean and most of them are bullies. Heck they even have the audacity to laugh at adults or elders in a mocking way. My stress levels skyrocket when I'm around teenagers, mostly a group of them. I think it's also because I'm reminded of the bullying I went through by this category.

Children? The misbehaving ones can be really annoying. I like how adults think of children as some innocent and angelic like beings who would never do anything bad, when, in reality they can be as cruel as teenagers, if not worse. Fucking hell, I even heard of children who killed! I heard once of this case of two kids, aged between 9 and 10 who killed another boy then buried him!

Humans can be cruel regardless of age.