#6

I interviewed my grandma, nothing was really surprising to me because I already knew a lot of this information. One thing that I learned from my grandma is that teenagers today have it easier and harder. They are able to make more decisions on their own and have more independence, but with this independence there is also the risk of running into some bad things. My life is very different than my grandma's because her parents were very strict as to what she did and who she was with, whereas my parents still care but they allow me to make my owns decisions as to whom I want to spend time with and where I want to go. I still have rules, just not as harsh as hers were. I don't think that I would of liked to be a teenager during this time, I like having my freedom. Sometime i think that my parents are hard on me, I would of never been able to handle her parents.
I thought that the Parenting and Adolescence video was extremly true. I always fight with my parents over stupid little stuff that doesn't really matter. Sometime life is very complicated and its hard to live through it all. When you want to do something with your friends but your paretns won't let you even though there is no harm in it, or always getting the answer "beacause I said so." This gets very onfusing at times. I think that my parents gave me enough space and time to figure stuff out on my own but they were always there if I needed them. I think that because of this I will have no problem becomign an adult with responsibilities. I also think that my friend and the group of people that hang around with has also helped me to shape my life as an adult.
One thing that I learned in chapter 4 is that nature and nurture play a major role in how you will behave the rest of your life. Genes play a major role in decideing what color hair you have and how tal you are, basically all the physical features and some others. Nurture would be how your parents treated you as a baby and as a young child. If they were carign and loving you will turn out to be more people friendly and self confident, but if they were more negative in a way, you could turn out more negativer in your own life. This also includes how your parents act toward other people.
I learned in chapter 5 that children approach life with a basic trust. He said that children that are raised in loving sensitive families more offten than not, form a lifelong attitude of trust rather than fear. When people get older and into a romatic relationship, it is offten thought that they will have more self confidence and trust in that other person, if they were brought up with a trusting family. If people have been neglected when they were younger, they might have a harder time trying to trust another person.