Teenage girls are great

What are you on about?

I actually never even saw a teenage boy thread. And why would I “not dare” post on a thread as an anonymous username?

My lovely and amazing daughter who is just back from Uni chose some old photos of her and her brother when they were little and then recreated them. She printed out the old and new photos and put them in an amazing book which she made herself. She spent literal hours doing all this while also studying for her Vet Med exams.
My husband and I are blown away and it's genuinely the best present we've ever had.
Shoutout to my teenage son who joined in but it was all my daughter's work and idea.

Thank you, I almost puked reading the OP.

The teen girls in my family are full of courage, intelligence and ambitions. Love them dearly.

I teach secondary and I am a HOY. I absolutely love them but teen girls are wonderful. They really care about their friends. They really feel things, much more than we do as adults. They are so funny and interesting and clever. They have this incredible ability to forgive. They are bright and intense and brilliant.

Mine have given me and continue to give me so many laughs, great conversations, fashion advice, make up tips, great days out shopping, thoughtful wonderful Christmas and birthday presents, and so much more. I could go on and on.

Bitter

Agree.

I wasn’t one of those seemingly awful teen girl and many of my friends weren’t either. I often think those who say those things were pretty bad themselves and think other girls had to be similar.

I also know that many teens regardless of gender are lovely despite the moans of other posters on MN saying otherwise.

Loved the teenage boys thread (and those that don’t can just scroll on and frankly fuck off with their negativity, we get enough of that on here!) I love my nieces too, such fun.

Thanks, OP. I hate the all too frequent posts on MN saying, or agreeing, that teen girls are rude, selfish and horrible, and are almost expected to be. That it’s entirely normal, and anyone is unreasonable for not understanding that.

If you like Louisapesel I can post how much nonsense the other thread is on there? I wouldn't want you to think I am being sexist.

My 15yo did too, it was so heartwarming. She didn't ask for any specific presents, but was delighted with what she received!

I loved DD's teenage years. They were full of laughter, good conversations, what appeared to be an endless stream of her friends popping in and lots of love and mutual respect. Having heard and read about some parents experiences with their DDs I count my blessings.

Yes and some of us are talking about ours, what's the problem? Your own kids not so nice?

*that should be, 'since social media became a thing via the internet'.

Mumsnet is a lot tougher on boys/men so that thread was a nice (and rare) exception.

This thread is much more the norm.

A man starts a thread on here (god help him) about a topic, and a woman in exactly the same circumstances starts a thread about a topic, the contrast in the responses is glaring. One gets a sympathetic ear, the other a bashing.

Mumsnet is often a very cruel space (online generally is of course as it's nowhere near as brutal as real life hence the rapid increase in mental health issues among the youth since social media being a thing via the internet).

OMG, some sense. This ^^ all day long.

Yet the sort of people making the silly blanket statements, would probably be horrified to read "All white people are..." or "All black people are..." "All old people are..." etc.

The last time I looked, people were still individuals.

Mine is great too, she’s got a little Saturday job around her college commitments and works hard, she bought us all lovely considerate gifts, she’s kind, thoughtful and funny. She’s growing up into a lovely human being :)

I agree with both threads and how lovely to celebrate our teens rather than just moan. Teen nephews are awesome lads, teen DD is fantastic, the peels of laughter, the helpfulness when she saw I was stressed yesterday. All chipped in and helped out. Love when teen DD is in a chatty mood and we curl up over a coffee having a gossip. Love that her friends automatically respect the no phones in bedroom rule without being asked and just put them on the kitchen counter with hers when they go upstairs. Also love the encouragement teen and tween DD have for each other trying new things.

Well, I couldn’t wait for the teenage years to be over with mine. Found it horrendous irrespective of gender (both bad, but we found girls more problematic). And we had ones that, apart from one who waited until 18yo, didn’t drink until mid-20’s (if they were going to), none did drugs or were involved in any criminal activity or violence. Irrespective, still found the teenage years to be fucking horrible and was so glad when each one came out of them. Hats off to all who found wonder in the teenage years! The only good thing I can say is that none of mine needed to be identical to friends. Was so sad reading the thread about a 15yo and an iPhone and everyone saying give it to them so they can be just like their friends. I’m thankful none of ours felt the need to do that, it would have really put a shit cherry on top.

No because I wasn't anticipating another one starting. In any event maybe you can cope with someone disagreeing with you and not liking your thread.