While your article had a

lot of validity to it, there were a few comments that

would disturb any parent, such as myself. I'm a

35-year-old mother of two boys, yet neither are your age.

You could, however, put me in the category of parents

with low tolerance of most teenager's in this day and

age. I'm definitely guilty of stereotyping kids like you

and your peers! Why? Lack of respect!

First of all, I didn't even

grow up when they danced like "Saturday Night

Fever" and "Grease." So, you're basically

"stereotyping" adults. Which, if you don't want

us to do that, then you shouldn't do it either.

When I was growing up, we

didn't have a place to "hang out." I'm positive

we didn't make all of the right decisions, as I'm sure my

parents didn't when they were growing up, which is back

when they really were dancing like "Grease."

The reason you have adults

getting involved in your social life is because we know

what we did when we were growing up. Another reason, you

are still minors. What would your life be like if you

didn't have any guidance? Where do you think you would

be? What would our city be like if we didn't have people

who cared, voiced their opinions, or took action when

things were on the slide?

Fayetteville may be

"boring" but, rest assured, Buckhead would be

just as "boring" for you if you have parent's

who care, which I'm sure you do!

You guys want all of this

freedom and you don't know what to do with it when you

get it. You've got this great place to go and "hang

out," yet, you don't even know how to act.

I assure you when I was

growing up, which wasn't that long ago, we weren't lying

on the ground on top of each other and calling that a

form of "dance." You've got to be kidding me or

really think we're stupid if you think we think that is

the style of "dancing" these days. Call me a

nerd....

Parents will always be

interfering in your life until you're grown, married and

have your own kids... and that doesn't even qualify a

parent to "shut up" or to stop interfering.

There are always going to

be people older and wiser than you. If you don't learn

something everyday, then you're not paying attention.

Everything that you're dealing with now, you'll be

dealing with later in your life, only on a broader scale.

It's called "growing up." You have to go

through the "now" to get to the

"then."

Try to enjoy it, Derek, go

with the flow. Don't knock us adults; we're not all that

bad. I've been a supporter of The Market and only wish

that the kids that use it would practice responsibility

so that it would be successful. That doesn't sound like

the case, now does it?

Oh, and, Derek... parents can

change the way teenagers behave. Just wait!

Ellen M. Schmieder

Fayetteville