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Teenagers worldly and wise? That's laughable.
Do you mean not than their parents, but more than their parents were at their age? Those are two different things.
Teenagers all go through a process of detachment, and part of that may be questioning their parents and their knowledge, etc. They push up against their rules, pushing them for some semblance of independence. That's all natural and part of growing up.
But kids being more worldly and wise than their parents? No way. That's just arrogance and conceitedness. And if many kids today think that, then maybe their parents have raised little monsters.
(Or, could be the internet, having a massive democratizing effect. It emboldens some far beyond what is deserved.) Just because someone knows about apps, for instance, doesn't mean they know anything about the world.
No. For starters the past couple of generations of kids have been completely sheltered from the world so while they are definitly more tech savvy, wise they are not (to be fair teenagers are rarely if ever wise (just the nature of things) but the past couple of generations or so even more so). I mean when I was growing up you could have a paper route where you would wake up at four or five in the morning to deliver papers at like 14 years old. You would be working with a job, helping your parents with manual labor and fixing things around the house (to be fair a lot of this has died out even in my generation. I helped my older brothers with their paper routes but doing work around the house beyond cleaning, mowing lawns and painting was not really common for me).
In addition our educational system has been teaching kids all sorts of completely untrue and insane things so this past generation is actually worse off as it pertains to wisdom then past generations.
In a lot of different ways yes and lot different ways know it depends on the subjects it depends on a lot of different things but teenagers today are so very smart I have found a lot of them have ten times more the passion that teenagers did when I was that age they are different levels and smart it is so cool. Especially girls they had become a lot smarter a lot wiser I mean they were smart back when I was a teenager but where they're at now is just remarkable some of the things that I have talked about with teen girls just blows me away on what they knowing who they are and who they're going to become I think it's beautiful
No. They may have the news more readily at their fingertips being tech-savvy, etc. but that doesn't mean they comprehend the big picture. They are easily led to believe what's read without thinking "outside the box", thinking "why" is this the case. That comes with the experience they lack.
Take the conflict with Palestine and Israel as a very easy example. Many would say it's Israel that is at fault because the news is lauding the injuries of Palestinians... Palestine started it, again, as always. Hamas who are the problem hide in the civilian areas like cowards and the resultant injuries/deaths of course works in their favor internationally.
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That's based on a person to person bases. Not a general overall thing.
For example a teenager who has there mother never taking care of him and his siblings so he has to do everything himself and look after his siblings and her cause she's a drunk the father is not there.
I am pretty sure like 100% times sure that teenager is more wise than his parents.
Wise is a thing learnt not based on age, based on experience. Which one may say experience comes with age so more age you are more experienced you are. But it's not if that person isn't learning, or not at the speed your learning.
No.
Now they may be more up to date on today's technologies or pulp culture trends but when it comes to core life wisdom, the basics of life and what is noble and healthy pursuits and how to succeed in life and core principles to live by... no.
Youth's overall goal and how to make all their decisions is "be accepted with your friends group and peers", "boyfriends/girlfriends"... and "life is nothing but pursuing fun and avoiding work and hassle and having to wait for things". .
Define Worldwise? what does that even mean.
I got this when I googled it.
Etymology
From Middle English worldwis, from Old English woruldwīs (“worldwise, worldly-wise, learned”), equivalent to world + wise.
Adjective
worldwise (comparative more worldwise, superlative most worldwise)
Knowledgeable about the world; worldly-wise; sophisticated; experienced.
If that means knowledgeable about the world, then no... but at the same time while I think they know less they know HOW to get that information faster than their parents by searching the internet. The internet in general seems to have made people less knowledgeable cause they can just search for whatever they want to know, rather than have to memorize it all.
If it means experienced, how could a teenager have more experience than their parents in life? that would be odd.
Sophisticated... another term to define as that can mean a lot of things.
It's more like kids now grow up with a fundamental skill that you have to have to operate in modern society. The ability to use technology, hence why if someone can't use technology you'd call them a boomer. Boomers in the technology field obviously know how to use technology but somehow most don't understand it very well. It's like being raised a native English speaker vs. learning it when older. When it comes purely to decision making a teen usually wouldn't be wiser than an elder... but if the teen understands the situation better maybe not?
A boomer... apparently anyone over 29 is a boomer. Which is bizarre to those who are not actually boomers being called a boomer. Is is a slur to make the 29 and under feel superior while the 30 and over just view the labeler as an arrogant uniformed idiot. Which does not further the misguided belief that the younger are significantly more “worldly”. Just youthfully naive and arrogant just as every generation before them. Soon even they will be viewed as idiots by their own or others progeny and the cycle shall continue...
@Ryfyle Nah, I could go on and on about how there was rampant corruption with words and with funds, gross incompetence, and how it didn't prepare me at all for a career or any life skills. We're just all middle class with a few outliers so we've used Word, Excel, Google Docs, Google Spreadsheets, etc. since we have computers.
@Gray-Wisp So just normal public schooling nonsense. And just so we are clear, a majority of Teens are fucking retarded in general. I was made at a young age to understand how cheap human lives were, all it dead was make me a dumb fuck nihilist.
Depends on how you define more worldly.
Do teenagers today have more access to worldly matters? Thanks to the invention of the internet, yes.
Do they actually use it to educate themselves from different perspective and thus challeneg their own views more? Absolutely not.
The kids may think so because they have this stuff at their finger tips, but I disagree. I recently took a course at college and I forgot the topic and question, but my response was so blunt I'm surprised I got a passing grade. It had to do with today's society and technology. Which made me a little upset. But my response was, if the kids of today turn out this way, with all the unnecessary technology to run their lives, we are gonna lose our military and become the weakest country in the world. Yes I understand there is technology that can do some things, but who is gonna be the next generation to stand the front lines when needed? But yes I disagree that kids are more knowledgeable than their parents and grown ups. They haven't seen the world and don't have the necessary training to be as knowledgeable as a grown up yet.
Yes and no.
a lot depends on what is meant by worldly wise I guess.
where possible I've tried to impart (or train) to my daughter various stuff, some likely useful some just random but fun lol.
I was however a magnitude higher on being streetwise.
I also now know more about tech, software etc.
there are certain things she does know more than me and surprises me a fair bit lol
Sort of. Adults just don't understand how different the world is today. I've been exposed to the cruelty and horror of the world simply by watching the news and true crime documentaries. Older people seem oblivious to it sometimes. Especially when it comes to social events like dating or the school system. Perents just have no clue!
I’m not bashing on you but be careful with sources like that. Some of the situations that scare us happens at a low rate. It can eschew your perception on the world.
I got ya. I'm actually more optimistic than many of the people around me but you can't deny how some things are more in your face and can make life seem very dark and bleak. I've learned my lesson not to go down that rabbit hole to far. People aren't all good or all bad. There's still things to cherish in this life.
That’s refreshing to hear. My mother is argues still about that whole qanon thing
Yeah man, people get sucked into the news and it consumes their lives it's sometimes all they talk about. That's what I mean, I'm my into that but I do love me a good conspiracy theory.
Fair enough, I’m guilty of that as well
Nope 😂😂 teenagers today are completely clueless and the guy teaching that class needs to give his head a shake. My 2 teenagers are great when it comes to maths or other academic subjects but shove a real life problem in their face and they are stumped. Turning the washer on would be an amusing and difficult task for them.
No certainly not, there can be exceptions but most teenagers aren't very bright so the parents has gained the wisdom over the years and should be the one winning that argument in general. A teenager might win in specific topics they have chosen to dwell in while the parent has bothered with it at all.
You kidding me? I hear from people in universities that speak a worse italian than I do, and I dropped out of it a good decade and a half ago. They might know some more words than when I was younger, but generally speaking, we weren't half as ignorant back then, when out of high school.
I'm from the USA, I believe that Teens are more educated nowadays
and they know how to protect themselves from getting pregnant
and most learn to say no to a guy when he approaches a girl when
he asks her for sex or sexual acts and some are homeschooled
but also depends on the nature of the Teen and I believe they can
protect themselves online better now than they have years ago?
No. I say this because they have not had enough life experiences to be more worldly wise then their parents. I believe you have to truly go and see how much the world will throw at you without your parents to protect you. You have to get out and see how hard you have to work for everything, how nothing is given to you in life. How your morals and integrity are the only things that matter in life and the only things that can't be taken away from you.
I think that knowledge really starts to come in the mid 20s and from personal experience, I think we know more general data and less useful/applicable information. For example, how many people <20 know how to fix a tire compared to how to search for that information online. The opposite is true for people now in their 70/80s
Not at 16. You don't have the maturity, social context, and nuanced experience to be able to say that even if you have better knowledge and interest. But you do probably have valid views and that's something that could lead to interesting conversations between you and your parents.
They're more smart ass than smart.
On a serious not, it could be the case. Teenagers nowadays have easier access to information. It's just how they use that power to gain knowledge and apply it.
there is a lot of so called educated people out there, I have a saying,
they maybe able to work out the volume of an orange, but few know how to peel it
That is effing true...
No because they've got more of an experience with things. But I have to say the world has changed so much, and they haven't experienced this new world like us teenagers. So... I guess I don't know.
Being an observer through a media device does not make one ‘experienced’. It just makes them an observer. Example, you may have seen war on your media device, but you certainly have not experienced war.
@MannMitAntworten Well you never know. And plus life isn't just about wars and things picked up by the media. You learn from personal things even things without any relevance and obviously everyone has different experiences so they would know different things. Basically, you learn something new from anything it doesn't have to be something with a huge impact on the world as a whole it only has to affect you as an individual.
War is merely an example... it just seemed like an overtly obvious one.
u Kids today are shy and scared. That is why they communicate exclusively by text instead of actually talking to each other.
Depends on the case, situational basis. Also depends on what you define as wise. In very specific cases kids can be more familiar with issues that feel relevant to them.
Almost all teenagers go through a phase where they think that they are smarter or more well informed than their parents. This is in actuality rarely the case... LOL... I remember going through that phase. Fortunately not for long.
Like you say, a teenager might be more informed in a particular subject, but usually not over-all. Unless the parents are retarded or something...
They have access to more information, but in terms of what they know off the top of their head, no. Only experience grants that.
No, they might be exposed to more of the world now, and might have more knowledge about some current issues but they don't know anything about being an adult yet or navigating challenges of maintaining a career, home or a family.
No, they have more social media skills but not as much experience in real world stuff. Colleges have to now teach "Adulting" to kids that cannot change a flat tire or balance a check book.
I basically agree with you. But I did not agree with you when I was a teen 😊. Thought I knew everything.
Clearly they are not lol to certain specific details maybe but as a whole absolutely not
They're not wiser but sometimes they actually do make a point that some parents just likes to take advantage of the fact that they are parents and just silence them because apparently "parents are wiser and supposed to be"
Every generation of teenagers think they know better than their parents. But five minutes scrolling tiktok feed will prove very much otherwise.
No not at all
All teens do nowadays and tiktoks and stupid challenges
for most of each generation, knowledge is higher than the previous gen, but comprehension skills didn't rise to meet it though.
No, they are not. They may have a wider breadth of exposure but not more wise.
Curious how the wider breadth of exposure is measured... I mean, unless the subject directly relates to ‘them’, they appear completely oblivious to the world beyond themselves. Sure, they may know how to use “technology”, but ask one to diagnose a problem with the tech fails and they refer to someone else... like one they colloquially refer to as a “boomer” which probably not a boomer but a Gen-Xer, but since the differentiation evades their synapsis they just default to calling everyone 30 and over a boomer.
Well, I am. a cusp millenial. I feel much more like whatever gen is before it.
Compared to Encyclopedia Brittanica and Google there is no comparison. My duaghter is what they call gem alpha or something and she is deep into stuff that she needs to teach me.
Much of it has to do with technology.
Wiser than me who has been educated officially and hard knock type... don't think so.
Not all of the younger ones are up their own backside.
Before you would be Generation X. Her knowledge of certain tech doesn’t make her generation more brilliant. It just means she knows this ‘facet’ of tech is all. Plenty older than me have a strange knowledge base in tech as well. This does not make them young...
Yes, I caught that.
They tend to believe so. Granted, every generation believes this of themselves. Particularly in Western Civilization.
No, but they are more knowledgeable then when their parents were the same age. But their parents are wiser overall.
In some ways. When I was a kid the average 13 year old had never seen porn or a naked woman. Today kids watch porn at 7.
They have more information at touch of button can learn a lot. But depends on the teen everyone different
They are more ideological about practically everything, thus less practical and “worldly-wise” than their parents.
No!!!
Most public high schools turn out kids with out teaching math, English or history.
They rely on there smart phones for knowledge.
Plus, they are far from wise.
No lol stay at home Computer nerds are not more worldly.
No way. People today are stupid and fat and useless. If you can't read, learn or work-what can you do?
At your age we all thought we was and 95% of us found out no we weren't
Wisdom comes with age and experience.
Hahahahahah teenagers these days only know two things fapping and playing videos games.
They only THINK that they are...
No; not even a little bit.
Nope. But they most likely will become.
Depends on their google searches
Seems unlikely. They've had zero life experience.
Not even close.
lmao, no way. And most teachers are idiots
lol...
Nope
Absolutely not
That’s possible?
Is it?
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