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Below are some of the responses from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Teens survey. All responses
are from teens in Gloucestershire.
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What
is the one thing that your parents could do to make you happier?
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"Stop
argueing with each other and become friends like I know some divorcees
do." White female - 16
"Stop
embarassing me!" White female - 15
Let me make my own decisions about where
I go and what I do.
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| White
female - 15 |
"Get
me out of boarding school." White male - 17
"Respect
my privacy a bit more." White female - 14
"Let
me make my own decisions about where I go and what I do." White
female - 15
"Give
me more money." White female - 13
"Care about me/ spend as much time with
me/ treat me the same as they do my younger brother." White
female - 15
Give me lots of drink and cannabis.
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| White
male - 14 |
"Act
and dress younger." White female - 15
"Give
me lots of drink and cannabis." White male - 14
"Leave
me to live my life as it is. Not to get funny and make comments
on my life and just support me." White male - 16
"Stop
being so fake!" White male -16
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What's
the best thing about being a teenager today?
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"The
best thing would be that we have many opportunities and a lot more
freedom than we would if we were a generation or two older. Teenagers
are now acknowledged as a separate part of society." Chinese
female - 15
The best thing would be that we have many
opportunities and a lot more freedom than we would if we were
a generation or two older. Teenagers are now acknowledged as
a separate part of society.
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| Chinese
female - 15 |
"You
get to mess around." Indian female-13
"Having
freinds that support you and trust you and the fact you can talk
to them." Other female-14
"The
independence." Other female-15
"Being
a young person in Britain is fantastic. There is such a wonderful
fusion of cultures and so many opportunities." White female
- 15
"Hanging
out with mates." White female -17
"Discovering
new things. Such as love and drugs." White male - 13
"Drink drugs sex and no death."
White male - 19
"Girls." White male -16
"The
possibilities." White male - 18
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What's
the hardest thing about being a teenager?
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"No
matter how different all teenagers are we are all classified as
trouble makers. It annoys me as we all aren't like that. You cant
go into town these days without being suspected of theiving or doing
something wrong." Indian female - 17
The best thing would be that we have many
opportunities and a lot more freedom than we would if we were
a generation or two older. Teenagers are now acknowledged as
a separate part of society.
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| Chinese
female - 15 |
"All
the course wrk we have 2 do and we have 2 pay 4 every thing these
days as well." White female - 15
"Being
influenced by so many different things and people with different
opinions that you don't know what's right and wrong. White female
- 12
"Eating
disorders." White female - 15
"I
don't know. i don't think of myself as being a teenager. i think
teenagers are pathetic and their problems are a waste of time. they
don't realise that not every teenager has some easy life where all
they have to worry about is what boy/girl they're gonna ask out
next. it's so pathetic. they don't realise that some of us have
to face making life or death decisions every day." White female
- 15
"No
- one listens to you or trusts you." White female - 15
"Coping
with being gay." White male - 15
Coping with being gay.
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| White
male - 15 |
"Hiding
what you are really like from your parents." White male - 16
"Safe
sex and where to find a condom with out walking into a pub!"
White male - 16
"Stereotyping
by pricks." White male - 16
"The
fact that you're constantly convinced noone likes you." White
male - 19
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Teens
in Gloucestershire took part in a nationwide survey into teenage feelings
and attitudes. Read some of their responses.
59%
of teens were more comfortable talking about sex with
their friends than with their parents.
