To think teens have too much power?

[Peverellshire]

And teens having too much power is a contributing factor to poor mental health & unhappiness?

Sulky teen refusing to come out of room on family hols & refusing to have dinner with family etc as boring, missing boyfriend, etc..Should we cut them slack? It can sour whole exp with younger sibs etc, as ab atmosphere.

Minor example but obvs more major ones. Mental health dips which coincide with things they don’t want to do & inc calling all shots? Not to minimise genuine mental health issues.

I don't recognise the teens you describe. Mine are young adults now (youngest is 20) and they absolutely didn't sulk or lurk in their room. Even though youngest has PTSD thanks to abusive dad! Maybe some people should be asking themselves why their teens don't want to spend time with them? I absolutely didn't raise them ultra strict, just with sensible boundaries and some flexibility. There isn't a single right way that works for everyone.

Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.

There is one iteration or another of a thread about Gen Z being rubbish on Mumsnet every week, sometimes several at a time. Have even seen remarks about Alphas from time to time, it will only be a few years before it passes on to them. At one time boomer and war baby journalists were writing about the profligate and feckless Generation X, who all took ecstasy and would all be dead by the age of 30. When I hear myself making such remarks I'll send off for membership of the Old Fart Club. I'm not there yet.

What an odd post. I'm sure even the best parents have teens who want to be left alone at times. It's totally normal. I mean, jeez, I'm an adult and like being alone a lot and that's no reflection on anyone else.

It's no more odd than the OP, who seems to think that teens not wanting to be with their families is somehow morally inferior. If your teenager doesn't want to be around you at all, it's worth asking them (and yourself) why that is. Some alone time is of course completely normal, we all need that.

When I was a teenager I spent loads of time in my room - I had a massive homework load, I wrote stories, I listened to the radio, I wrote to my pen friends. I suspect I went out less than mine did at the same age. I just find the idea that teens have too much power as ridiculous as I find it abhorrent.

Anxiety yes, depression no