Why is it people say they have grown up but still do the stupid things they did as a kid?
475881
cause some people are like peter pan and just never grow up.
1076219
because they are to immature to be considered grown-\nup.  i have seen even grandparents acting this way.  it\nhas nothing to do with age, and everyting to do with \nmaturity.
580722
right! lol\nand even if you arent a child and you want to be childish sometimes thats fine too!
97299
Cause they're desperately trying to pretend they're grown up.  I'm 19 and I still play with toy guns when given the opportunity, as do most other college students I know.  If you ask me, it's far more mature to admit you like to have fun than it is to pretend you don't just so other kids think you're cool.
929218
WE need to grow up? ROFLMAO!\n\nThanks for the chuckle...I know nobody could really be this stupid, so it's got to be a joke...
570989
I agree.  I'm not talking about a little slip either.  Kids who walk along cussing up a storm.  They think it makes them look and sound adult/cool.  Little do they know adults think of them as immature children.  One of these days, I think I'll start walking beside them and cuss up a storm of my own to let them know just how cool it really is....better not, they'll probably just beat me up.  Let me think about it for a while.
282074
Because they weren't taught to do it when they were younger.\nThe behavior that they were allowed to get away with when little, isn't quite as cute in a 15 year old.\nI work with teenagers, and there is a definite difference in the teenagers of parents who have been consistent with discipline in a young age, and the teenagers of parents who weren't.
54613
After raising a child to the place where they have earned their independance of being capable of making good decisions( theres going to be mistakes and poor choices ), but all of that is a part of growing up.When you are making your on money and not depending on extra help from them, then it's time for them to stop and make only suggestions, rather you take it or not.
821444
I remember those days and God Bless them. Back then there was no fear of seriel killer or child molester because whether we new it or not the neighborhood watched out for us. When I was a child my parents busted my butt when I did wrong and I am a better person for it. God help this generation where the state and local governments have stepped in a taken the right to discipline away from parents, yet they act baffled when one of those young people do things that those of my generation would have never considered. Life was good back then, I wish we could have those days back.
981087
Because people tend to get nasty and angry with things they do not them themselves understand or participate in. So they lash out to make themselves heard instead of just biting their tongue and not showing that they don't know. What was it grandma use to say, ohh yeah. People might think your a fool but open your mouth and then they will know for sure.
986481
It's just kids being kids...competition, the desire to be liked and respected by others (to be popular), just learning how to deal with others in more adult situations and emotions and hormones that weren't there not too long ago...\n\nIt can take a while before kids learn what is and is not kewl behavior...that lies can bite them in the butt, and that there are consequences for their actions...
537000
because we're men and dont really have the full control of our own minds at the best of times, its childish I know but hey, like mny grandfather use to say "women grow up, men just get older"
990162
You may have made mistakes, sometimes critically important mistakes, that wounded your children in some way. Most parents, even under the best conditions, will make such a mistake at least once during their childrens' lives. \n\nHowever, your children are middle-aged now; they need to own whatever happened to them, accept that what is done is done, heal their wounds the best they can, and take responsibility for providing themselves and their children with a better life than perhaps you were able to provide for them when they were small.\n\nYou need to tell them that if they expect to have any happiness or success in their lives at all, they have to quit blaming you and start taking responsibility for their own lives now. There's nothing you can do to undo whatever hurt they experienced as children; but there is also nothing you can do to undo whatever hurt they're experiencing in their adult lives...because it's NOT your job. If they expect to have any happiness in their lives at all, they're going to have to work on themselves and do what they need to do for themselves to have a better life.\n\nUntil then, ignore their accusations. They are just guilting you to take the spotlight off their own failures as adults to cope.
676291
They do it because the were not taught respect by their parents. The kids now a days are totally out of control!
135181
Because it prepares you for the adult world. Believe me, take in all the lessons you learn as a teen. Almost all of those lessons will help you make decisions ahead in your life. Don't think adults are saying or doing what they do just to aggrivate you, because long ago they were in your shoes.
547301
Some do, some don't. \nWhen you grow up and are able to question the way you were brought up, you will also decide wheather you like the way you were brought up or not. Some poeple will change the way they think, some will decide that they like what they have and stick to it.
1077085
Some of us (me included) never want to grow up. So be happy people think that away.