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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it normal for teens to be very shallow? My kids basically just care about 1. how they look 2. working out and eating right 3. their friends and fun activities which to them is mostly shopping and listening to music, theme parks, outings with friends, sports. They both do very well in school but they see it as a job that needs to be done. They are not at all interested in schoolwork. How long does this last if it is normal? They are nearly 17.[/quote]
Sure, a certain degree of this is normal, but what other values have you taught and modeled for them? Did they grow up seeing you reading or hear you and your partner talking about current events? Did you talk to them often about your interests beyond work, parenting, and self-maintenance? Did you ever talk to them about what is most important to you in terms of the kind of people you want them to be?

Did you spend any time with them volunteering? Any fun runs, etc. for charity? Were you part of a religious or humanist community?

If the answer to at least some of the above is yes, that will eventually come through.

If it’s no, then where would they have learned anything different? [/quote]

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