Anyone's slacker teen feel entitled to an exciting spring break?

[Anonymous]

I would say no too because I don' have the money. Simple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yikes - I'm sorry you're getting all this backlash, OP. I agree with you - you gave your DS the opportunity to earn his spring break and he didn't - therefore he doesn't get to go. Boohoo!! A lot of people posting here are saying, "maybe he's introverted!" "maybe he's depressed!", if he were introverted or depressed he wouldn't WANT to go on this fancy spring break with his extroverted, non-depressed friend, now would he?? He's 16 and yes, lazy, he needs to figure out how to live in the real world - get a job, find a hobby, play a sport, help around the house, anything other than sit on his butt.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yikes - I'm sorry you're getting all this backlash, OP. I agree with you - you gave your DS the opportunity to earn his spring break and he didn't - therefore he doesn't get to go. Boohoo!! A lot of people posting here are saying, "maybe he's introverted!" "maybe he's depressed!", if he were introverted or depressed he wouldn't WANT to go on this fancy spring break with his extroverted, non-depressed friend, now would he?? He's 16 and yes, lazy, he needs to figure out how to live in the real world - get a job, find a hobby, play a sport, help around the house, anything other than sit on his butt.

Not only is it clear that you aren't an introvert and have never been cripplingly, clinically depressed, it is obvious that you don't really know what "introverted" or "depressed" even mean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yikes - I'm sorry you're getting all this backlash, OP. I agree with you - you gave your DS the opportunity to earn his spring break and he didn't - therefore he doesn't get to go. Boohoo!! A lot of people posting here are saying, "maybe he's introverted!" "maybe he's depressed!", if he were introverted or depressed he wouldn't WANT to go on this fancy spring break with his extroverted, non-depressed friend, now would he?? He's 16 and yes, lazy, he needs to figure out how to live in the real world - get a job, find a hobby, play a sport, help around the house, anything other than sit on his butt.

Not only is it clear that you aren't an introvert and have never been cripplingly, clinically depressed, it is obvious that you don't really know what "introverted" or "depressed" even mean.

Agreed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yikes - I'm sorry you're getting all this backlash, OP. I agree with you - you gave your DS the opportunity to earn his spring break and he didn't - therefore he doesn't get to go. Boohoo!! A lot of people posting here are saying, "maybe he's introverted!" "maybe he's depressed!", if he were introverted or depressed he wouldn't WANT to go on this fancy spring break with his extroverted, non-depressed friend, now would he?? He's 16 and yes, lazy, he needs to figure out how to live in the real world - get a job, find a hobby, play a sport, help around the house, anything other than sit on his butt.

Not only is it clear that you aren't an introvert and have never been cripplingly, clinically depressed, it is obvious that you don't really know what "introverted" or "depressed" even mean.

Agreed.

No kidding. Poster, do yourself a favor and read about introverts. It not like there's been oh, a huge amount of books, articles, blogs, and more or anything obout them over the last several years.

[Anonymous]

Setting your child up to fail does more harm than good. He probably assumed he would fail, so didn't bother trying. Also, "lazy" is negative and you don't want to make accusations about their character. You want to give them a way to succeed. Labels need to assigned to the task, not the child.