Let´s DISCUSS our cultural and moral values.
Remember there are no right or wrong answers as there are no fixed rules in most homes and the rules regulating driving or drinking , for instance, vary from country to country.
I belong to a prematurely mature generation in which we were self sufficient and could use public transport unaccompanied at the tender age of ten years old. Thus, we gained our independence very quickly and developed a sense of responsiblity quite early in our lives.If you ask your colleagues to answer the questions truthfully you´ll realise that no two people coincide.
Circumstances do alter cases but there are still many cases of blatant sexism when parents tend to be more protective of their daughters than of their sons....
AT WHAT AGE DO YOU THINK A CHILD SHOULD....
GO SHOPPING ALONE OR WITH A FRIEND?
LEAVE HOME & BECOME INDEPENDENT?
CHOOSE WHICH CLOTHES TO WEAR?
USE PIERCINGS OR TATS?
HAVE POCKET MONEY?
HAVE A BOY/ GIRL FRIEND?
DECIDE WHEN TO GO TO BED?
DECIDE WHICH CREED/RELIGION TO FOLLOW ?
MAKE YOUR OWN BED?
COOK YOUR OWN FOOD?
WASH YOUR OWN CLOTHES?
STAY AT HOME ALONE?
SLEEP AT YOUR FRIEND´S ?
GET MARRIED?
HAVE YOUR OWN KIDS?
ADOPT A CHILD?
DECIDE WHICH FILMS TO SEE?
DRINK ALCOHOL ?
SMOKE?
USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT FOR REGIONAL JOURNEYS?
BOARD A PLANE FOR AN INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT?
GO ON HOLIDAY WITHOUT THE FAMILY?
DRIVE A CAR?
RIDE A MOPED/MOTORBIKE?
LEAVE SCHOOL?
GIVE UP A SCHOOL SUBJECT YOU DISLIKE?
GO TO A PARTY AT WHICH NO ADULTS WILL BE PRESENT?
RETURN HOME AFTER 2 a.m.?
TAKE A PART- TIME JOB?
DECORATE YOUR BEDROOM?
HELP IN CLEANING THE HOUSE?
DECIDE ABOUT YOUR OWN FUTURE CAREER?
Some info taken from Adolescence The survival guide for parents and teenagers
by Elizabeth Fenwick & Dr. Tony Smith
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