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Let me elaborate first.

I treat teens of different ages differently. Teens aged 10-12 are still children (which is totally ok) and thus I do not try to have conversations with them the same way I would someone else.

Teens aged 13-14 are (often) still in the “im different!!! So random!!!” Phase (aka the most annoying phase in which you say shit that will haunt you forever). They are generally insecure as hell too. So I treat them differently. I try to stop them from posting or talking too much sh*t, I realise their opinion WILL change over and over again in life and thus let things slide if they’re not too bad/dumb.

Teens aged 15-16 are the real shitheads. They often engage in drama (and don’t tell me “ughh i hate drama!!”, i don’t care, see**) and are generally just shitty people because they care about themselves and how the world views them most. They lack character, they’re kind of just there.

Teens aged 17-19 are where it’s at. Finally some maturity ACTUALLY starts peaking through. I remember thinking I was sooo mature at age 15, boy was I wrong. Two years and I’m finally only BEGINNING to mature. These are the teens you can actually have decent conversations with, the teens that stop wanting to only talk about boys/fifa/tv shows/whatnot. Character finally blooms.

**obviously everyone is different, but this is what i’ve seen over the years and how i’ve grown to act.

So, do you agree on treating them differently according to their age? (Leaving their individual character out of the equasion) or do you just see them as a “whole”?