Privacy is a never ending need.

Privacy is a need for everyone, but especially teens, who are growing and are finding themselves. Either friends, money, what I do on my phone or what I do at school. Parents also have their privacy from their kids, and as an adult they have different types of things they want to be private about, but they also have to understand that something that they want to know I want to be private as well. Parents always say that they want to know what’s happening and that their kid never talks to them, but sometimes teenagers need privacy so they can get ahold of themselves and not have their parents hold their hand until they are 18.

When being a teenager, you have every right to keep things private from your family. They should be there when you really need them the most. Going through the teenage years, it can be very eye-opening to kids and also very stressful, menatlly, physically and socially, teens can be stressed and just tired when they are in high school.They are going into high school and they are transforming all at once. High school open teens up to different friends different clothes, and they can find a voice in what they believe in and not keep quiet about it. This is why we need privacy cause we don’t want everyone watching while we transform into a young adult. Sometimes they find themselves in high school, and then other times they will in college. But while they are going into high school and changing, the parents need to give them just enough space so they can do it on their own. It makes sense that as a parent you want to be there for them every step of the way but, not everything needs to be told to you when one little inconvenience happens, your kid needs to learn how to fix it because it will only help them in the future.

Something that my parents did that helped me was making myself be independent with my money. I started buying my own stuff when I was in middle school and I got my credit card in 8th grade, which some parents might be a little skeptical but my parents trusted me and I was babysitting so i would just put my checks in my account and I would have my credit card with all my money on it. Being independent with my money made it so I grew up knowing the difference between what I need and want. Privacy makes teens have more knowledge about how it is when they go off to college.

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