As much as most teens hate to admit it, parents typically know best, even though it may not seem like it. While there is scientific reasoning as to why teens don’t make the best decisions, many think they know better. When children start to mature and want more independence, they tend to make rash and uninformed decisions, especially with dating. While I certainly don’t want my parents to have full control over my relationships, I do think that parents should have the right to forbid teenagers to date certain people. Like the saying goes, a mother knows best. If my mom gets a bad vibe from the guy I want to have a relationship with, she should be able to tell me not to engage in a relationship with him. The whole ‘parents say no but I say
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Romeo and Juliet thought that after knowing each other for around 3 days, they should get married and surprise surprise, it didn’t work out in the end. An example of poor decision making in Romeo and Juliet would be found in Act I Scene 5. This is where Romeo decides to crash the Capulet party, and where he meets Juliet, basically where everything started going wrong. They met at the dance and eventually snuck away to chat, which resulted in lip contact. At this point, Juliet knew that her parents wanted her to marry Paris; she was supposed to be using this time to interact with him and get to know him, but instead she was getting down with a Montague. Other than making a rash decision to start a relationship after 15 minutes of knowing each other, they couldn’t really be blamed. Neither of them knew the true identity of the other. The real issues started in Act II scene 2, when they continued to have a secret relationship, even though they knew there would be many consequences and their parents would most certainly not approve and would be quite angry. But these two teens were so lost in emotions that they didn’t care, or think twice about the consequences. Another example of defying their parents and making more bad decisions was when
Romeo and Juliet thought that after knowing each other for around 3 days, they should get married and surprise surprise, it didn’t work out in the end. An example of poor decision making in Romeo and Juliet would be found in Act I Scene 5. This is where Romeo decides to crash the Capulet party, and where he meets Juliet, basically where everything started going wrong. They met at the dance and eventually snuck away to chat, which resulted in lip contact. At this point, Juliet knew that her parents wanted her to marry Paris; she was supposed to be using this time to interact with him and get to know him, but instead she was getting down with a Montague. Other than making a rash decision to start a relationship after 15 minutes of knowing each other, they couldn’t really be blamed. Neither of them knew the true identity of the other. The real issues started in Act II scene 2, when they continued to have a secret relationship, even though they knew there would be many consequences and their parents would most certainly not approve and would be quite angry. But these two teens were so lost in emotions that they didn’t care, or think twice about the consequences. Another example of defying their parents and making more bad decisions was when