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5 Teenage Rules – Who Knew?

January 14, 2016 by Julie Cole Leave a Comment

We recently went on a family ski trip that involved very little skiing.

Mother Nature has not been well behaved, so we had no snow and conditions were not even cold enough for the snow-making machines to do their thing. So, we spent our ski trip doing a lot of alternative activities – bowling, walking, card-playing, movie-watching, and video game-playing. We also did a lot of talking.

I thought I would share what my teenagers taught me over the holidays about teenage rules and etiquette. I was in absolute shock because so many of the “rules” don’t make sense, and yet my kids claim they are universal.

Did you know:

1.If you post a selfie, you must tag your best friends. That’s right – take a picture of yourself and then tag other people who are not actually in the photo.

2. On that note, if you get tagged in a post, you MUST leave a comment. You cannot just “like” the post and you certainly cannot NOT respond at all. Being tagged means you comment. Got that?

3. If someone messages you and asks you to come over and “watch Netflix and chill”, they are inviting you to fool around. They can invite you to watch Netflix. They can invite you to chill. BUT if they invite you to watch Netflix AND chill, there are some other plans for the evening!

4. If you want to post something but you are unsure about it, teenagers post it privately and tag their friends for input. The friends provide advice whether the post is appropriate, cool enough, worthy of social media attention.

5. Taking things offline for a moment: If you go to your OWN prom, girls must wear a long dress. If someone invites you to their prom, you wear a short dress.

Not sure who sets these unwritten rules or how they circulate so widely, but I learned much about teen culture on our non-skiing ski holiday.

Do you have teens? What fascinating things have you learned?

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Filed Under: Parenting, Tweens and Teens

About Julie Cole

Julie is the mother of six and a co-founding VP of Mabels Labels, the leading provider of labels for the stuff kids lose!®. After her son was diagnosed with autism, she shelved a legal career to monitor his therapy and launch a business that would strike a better work/life balance. Mabels Labels has grown from a basement start-up into an award winning international phenomenon. It has been featured everywhere from The View to Forbes.com and is widely recognized for its business and product excellence. As company spokeswoman, Julie is a well-known personality amongst mom entrepreneurs and her dynamic personality has led to numerous speaking engagements, from morning TV to university business classes. With humor and candor, Julies writing focuses on her experiences raising a big, happy family while running a successful business, and has appeared in Chicken Soup For the Soul - Power Moms and numerous websites. Follow her on Twitter @JulieCole Julie Cole
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