Why do people used to hang out with friends not with family?

i am lucky. my teen doesn't want to hang out with friends. he like hanging out with just himself or his family. it's safer that way.

maybe because they shared a lot of things with their friends unlike to their family

Because teens think that their parents cannot relate with them. We know that teens these days are far different than the olden days. Some parents especially in Asian countries are still old fashioned ones and that is the reason why Asian teens hangs out more with people their age than their family/parents.

Teens want their freedom. They feel that they are old enough to be treated as adults that they want to do exactly what they have in mind. And if they stick around with the family, they are sure that they would not be allowed to do things that they want/ Teens just think of things that they want to do without realizing if it will be beneficial or harmful to them.

Friends are different from family,and i don't mean that we can't share things with family members.Instead they have ways to comfort our troubles.Friends make me more esay to confrot things and we all at almost the same age,therefore it has been so important to everyone.Good luck to you,friend.

You can't talk the same way with friends and with family. Usually, the things someone wants to talk about are secrets for parents. Because they don't want to be reproved and judged. Parents want the best for the children, they will stay against silly stuff they can do. Teenagers are in a period when they want to experiment, so they usually do those silly things (or things that can be seen like this for parents). Parents want children to be safe, teenagers want adrenaline and face dangers. Cousins or other persons from the family that have similar age, and could understand, are suspected because they can tell all to the parents. But there are also exceptions, parents who are very close to their kids and kids that tell everything to their parents. But I think the general rule is about that, kids (teens especially) don't want to be judged and enjoy more the time with people who share the same experiences, same questions about life, same problems.

It is sad that many people Never grew up spending time with their family. Way back in the day kids and their parents did spend more time together than with their friends. It Was a family unit. But these days with all the different schedules kids may see their friends more than their parents. Parents Never get to spend time with the kids. They are not connected.

Hi there KingYrvee! Welcome to Mylot! Teenage years are the usual time when kids are starting to explore, to learn more, and relate with people their age or what we can call their peers. They can relate well to them since more often, they share the same interests, they are undergoing the same changes, and they are having the same problems. In this case, they know that they are understood and although we are expecting that they will feel as comfortable with us, we, as the family, should never feel hurt when they choose to be with their friends. We also need to give them a certain freedom as long as they will not be harmed. This is a time for them to get to know people, to learn more about life, and this will also teach them what is the difference between friends and family and in the end, it will teach them how to value both. We just need to do everything that we can that we gave them strong foundation to begin with that we can trust them enough to make decisions and to seek your assistance, that you can offer any time, when they feel that they need it.

Most people in general have better time with your own age group with similar interest . I love my parents and I love the time we spend together but I would not want to always be with them that is not healthy and its weird . You have to balance life spend a little time with family and and time with your peers because both activity will be different and will be good for your personal growth . I feel if you dont want to spend time with your parents , you have problems you dont want to share with them are the parents = the problem .

For me, when I was young, I loved to play games. My family on the other hand, never played games. I used to hate getting board games for Christmas, because I'd get this neat board game, but then I never had anyone in my family to play with. My sister and I never got along, and my father was always busy painting or watching TV, and my mother was always busy doing something. Both my parents worked, so I was by myself a lot. Well when that's your childhood, you end up learning to play video games, or watching TV... and of course hanging out with friends. I have to admit, I always get... I don't how to say it... feeling cheated? When I hear someone else describe their growing up with how they played games with their family. I am of course ecstatic that they had a great family growing up, but I always feel like I missed out because I never did anything with my family, they were always busy.

This is an easy answer. They get to choose their friends, they are stuck with the family their born with-no one gets to choose which family we are in... If they don't like being around family they know they have their friends... We all get to choose who we want to be friends with, we are not so lucky with family...

Just because someone is family (blood relatives) does not necessarily create a bond. A bond comes from sharing experiences in life. Friends share a lot in common, they share experiences, they except you the way you are. Families though, don't always have a bond because they are not sharing those experiences or have the same goals in life where friends might have similar interests. An adopted child will love his/her parents even though they are not the same bloodline. Family is the people you care about and who care about you. Your friends understand and listen to you and some parents don't know how to do that.

Some teens are in that confused and experimental stage wherein they find being with the family is boring, and being cool means being out with their peers. This is the time when they need tough love and patience and understanding. Be too soft and they will walk all over you and grow up to be so spoiled. Be too harsh and they will lose their self-confidence and would start hiding things from you.

I am a teen, I hang out with my friends like once or twice a month as we are all busy in our school stuff. Even though I hang out with my friends I never made myself distant to my family. I am keeping it balanced but of course my family is my priority.

I think one of the reason is that most teenagers feel more freedom with friends than with the family and they thing that they can share everything with the friends. v