Online bragging about partying may come back to haunt teens

Everyone likes a party. Everyone wants to have a good time. When the weekend comes, people want to forget about school and work. Many teenagers do so, it seems, by getting involved in reckless behavior. 

Drinking, partying and getting into fights seem to be the top choice of relaxation. Some people don’t think it’s a big deal. When I go to school Monday morning and overhear people discussing the recent debacles they got into over the weekend, it sounds like bragging. There seems to be no shame in it. In fact, they just don’t care.

Then they go and post pictures of it on Facebook. They send the pictures to other people from their phone. Teenagers don’t understand that everyone can see these pictures. That means parents, friends, employers, and teachers.

Teenagers don’t have the benefit of foresight, but sending each other incriminating evidence is a bad idea from a mile away. In the future, you’re going to look back on it and regret it.

I can understand why teens party. Life is stressful and people need to unwind. There’s also the peer pressure factor, which is a powerful thing to creatures that need approval from those around them. I like to hang out with my friends; everyone does. But we don’t go around causing trouble for ourselves.

Teens enjoy putting their lives at risk for the sake of having a good time. When you’re young, it’s easy to feel invincible, which is why teenagers get drunk, have unprotected sex and drive way over the speed limit.

Unfortunately, teens don’t have the mental capacity to really know when they’re making bad decisions. That part of the brain is only just developing and it will take a few more years to become fully developed. Maybe there is something wrong with me because I’ve never really wanted to party hard, or do any of those things. I’d rather stay at home and watch movies than get into trouble. Granted, not every teenager parties like that. There are plenty of responsible, mature teenagers that know better.

The world sees all teens as being disrespectful troublemakers, who only want to party, which isn’t true.

The ones who are give everyone else a bad name.