Good topic... as was the last (for which I had really nothing useful to contribute, and no time in which post it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" /> ). That is also the case here (nothing useful to contribute), but a bit more time now!
The only problem I see is that adolescents have a hard time believing that we old folks were once young... and many of us old folks cannot remember being young, either... or perhaps it's more accurate to say that we prefer to forget the more "interesting" bits <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> .
We've all been through the wonder, the confusion, the excitement, the anger, the sense of injustice, the sense of discovery, the feelings of betrayal, the certainty of having all the answers, the discouragement from being dismissed as "just a kid", the delight when an elder actually listens, the frustration at being "controlled", the sense of immortality, the desire to do it All Right Now!... The world is new when you're young. It gets old fast, which is a pity!
But then we grow up, and, perhaps embarrassed by our own youthful ignorance and folly, push them aside and solemnly play the role of "Adult", even though we may have more Experience than we do Wisdom. It should flow -- youth into age --, not be like slamming a door and moving into the next room... (and did I mention that some of us old folks tend to babble... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shhh.gif" alt="" />)
