What's So Special?

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When I was 5, I wanted to know why my 16-18 year old brothers ignored me. So, now I'm 18... I'm just confused about all the things that they did, doesn't make sense. I generally don't like kids but I still listen to them and take care of them and if they need support, I give it.

I am not the self-centered teen that I thought I was going to turn into. See, I think that the older generations have this complex that if someone is younger than them, they are stupid and have nothing to offer. My siblings still treat me like some kind of brainless freak, I don't get it. Can someone explain why older generations do this? Why do they totally disregard the younger generations?

Not all of them do, e.g., my grandmother took care of me and taught me reading though i was different than other kids. She has never treated me in a cruel or bad way.

Not all older people do this, but many do.

I think that the older you get the more you forget what it was like to be young, and what you were like at that age. You forget who you were.

It's very easy to underestimate young people, to see them as having less life experience and thus assume less wisdom or knowledge.

Sometimes this assumption is accurate of course, but too often I think older people unfairly disregard the perspectives, attitudes and contributions of the young.

I agree on this and I also think older people often forget that time changes and every generation has it's own problems and challenges to cope with.
I wish the older generation would take their time to listen much more to the younger people and to get involved with younger people without prejudices; many of them have a lot to say and deep convictions and values. But yes it's true, not all older people are like that and it's the right of the youth to put life and society norms in question and to find their own way and view on life.

Both of you nailed it!

I have always wanted the older generations to be more excepting and I think that's what I've become, I find it comforting and interesting to listen to other people's point of view and what I can do to help.