This Is The Generation Of Teens

I don't see anything wrong with them putting pictures of themselves on the web. As long as the pictures are decent, what is the harm? At least you know that they are still a lot of playful kids who are just posting their own pictures, probably taken with their cellphone. As long as they are aware of the pros and cons of posting their pictures, they can post as many as they like. Kid like these stuff. When they are bored with nothing better to do, they will be snapping pictures of themselves and posting it on the net. You have the peace of mind that they are busy surfing in sites that are relatively safe rather than doing something unsavory outside. So, as long as the pictures are of innocent fun, let them be. They will grow out of it eventually. ;)

I cannot stand MySpace. I am 18 and others my age are into the whole MySpace thing. The pics are also ridiculous. It's all the same poses and pics of themselves are always being added on. Me and my friends love making fun of them. We do the poses and it feels ridiculous and is not at all natural; and add stupid captions under them such as 'This stupid pose is copyrighted' or 'Don't I look hot when I put my head at such an irregular angle and stare longingly at the camera?' As a joke, I am also writing up what I call 'The Alphabet of Today'. Kids cannot spell and it makes them look stupid. It is also bad that this inability to spell or form a proper sentence is kinda encouraged in pop culture. Latest example I can think of is the song 'The Way I Are'. In all seriousness it would make more sense being called 'The Way I Is'. But yes, the pics- it'd be nice if they could be a little more creative or didn't post so many pics of themselves. Nadine.

You know what…the more I connect to Mylot the more I find like-minded people like me from around the world and that helps me maintain my sanity. Most teens and young people these days are all the time either on the net or on the mobile. I just don’t know what they talk about, what they connect about. I mean we were teens too, we hanged out a lot, went to movies, discos and everything but we had a life apart from all these. And to ‘connect’ to totally new strangers who I am never likely to even meet, was kind of weird in our days…it seems the coolest thing now. And the snaps and the details they post about themselves! Most are made up of course and that is another issue with me…why create a false image of yourself, why project yourself as someone else? if you are not sure about projecting the real you (and also know the inherent dangers of doing so), why connect at all with strangers? And most of the topics are absolute nonsense. I had a profile of mine in Orkur for some months but when I saw the trash going around in the name of friendship, I just stopped connecting and am glad for that. I have never been to Myspace or anything with similar profile, since.

Hi Rozie37! You have a point and I have noticed those many photos too. I have been asking my teenage cousin why she has many pictures posted on her profile in one of the sites she has joined. In fact her friends and most of the teens that i knew have so many pictures of them, so many to count actually that are posted for everyone to see. I even joked about it, telling her you're shameless. haha..But that is not the point. The hidden meaning of the behavior that they are manifesting which is they do think more highly of themselves. Probably to some teens, yes that may be an underlying beahvior but to some it is like going with the flow. I still hope and pray that this is just a phase teens are going through. Because they have their own cel phones with cameras that they can easily take photos of themselves and upload it in the internet so maybe they are just having fun seeing photos of themselves. I guess, it is up to us elders and parents to monitor them and guide them as best as we can. We have taught kids to be confident, building their self-esteem and to love and be proud of themselves but we have to teach them also about humility. Just my thoughts. Take care and have a nice day my friend. :)

yes, i do agree with you. I get after my girls always for their myspace pics and it really really bugs me....i mean i am glad they are confident in themselves but to me it goes way overboard. They are seeking compliments. They will argue with me and say they are not but that is exactly what they are doing.

It diesnt matter what other people wanna see... most of us dont use myspace for what alot of you think we do.. im not some silly teenager, But i do have pictures of myself on myspace...but because i take pictures of myself doesnt mean "i think i am more highly then i ought to be" i am a christain girl, i know what i am able to and not able to do. and what i should and shouldnt do...the bible suley doesnt say dont go decorate your myspace and put pics on there so that you can keep updated with your friends,dont show off pic of your little girl,no you cant be proud of the gift ive given to you!. everything ive wrote up there is why i go onto myspace. If i take pictures of myself its for a reason.. not just to look at myself..great post by the way:) ~*brittany*~

You are right about Myspace. I hardly ever go in there but a lot of the teenagers that I even know like my step neice. She has a bunch of pictures of herself. I think some of them the shirts she is to young to wear but that is my way of thinking. Maybe not she is 16 so that makes her a junior in high school. I don't even have a picture of myself in there. I usally go to Gather myself and here in Mylot.

I think that teens are just so full of themselves full stop! I hope that my girls are not like that and that if they have cyber profiles, that they would have pictures of things and people other than themselves as well as some of them. I don't like selfishness at all!