Insights Into Teens: Episode 136 ”Downfalls of Teen Stereotyping”

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Insights Into Teens: Episode 136 “Downfalls of Teen Stereotyping”
My unique and kind co-host Madison Whalen

Summary
What is teen stereotyping, what are some of the common stereotypes and what are some of the downfalls to stereotyping? We’ll discuss this and more on this week’s episode of Insights Into Teens.

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What is stereotyping?

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/stereotype
https://bit.ly/3ID4V3J

A stereotype is a fixed, general image or set of characteristics that a lot of people believe represent a particular type of person or thing.
If someone is stereotyped as something, people form a fixed general idea or image of them, so that it is assumed that they will behave in a particular way.

Why do we stereotype?

https://blogs.hope.edu/getting-race-right/our-context-where-we-are/the-history-we-inhaled/what-are-the-causes-of-stereotypes/
https://bit.ly/3u0xzHZ

We think in terms of the categories we create from our experiences. Those categories clarify the world for us, but they also over-simplify it.

At some point, those natural over-simplifications cross the line into stereotypes.

We can’t think without using our categories, which makes it difficult to know when our categories hinder, rather than help, our ability to make sense of things.

Simply knowing about social groups can lead us to stereotype their members because we assume there must be something important that led to their common classification in the first place, something that makes them essentially alike.

We see close up the individual differences among members of our own social groups, but those in other social groups blur together in the distance into a homogeneous whole, everyone a minor variation on the same basic theme.

Or, at best, an “exception”–a way of acknowledging that someone doesn’t fit your stereotype of their group without acknowledging that your stereotype might be wrong.

We also pick up stereotypes from the world around us. We hear stereotypical talk, or see stereotypical images. Family, friends, school, work, church, the media, etc.

There is a tendency for us to overestimate the extent to which people do what they want to do, and to under-estimate the extent to which people do things that are prescribed by their social roles.

Therefore, when we see people in a particular role, we tend to assume that they are well-suited for it (and, by extension, not so well suited for other roles).

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Typical Teen Stereotypes

https://lifestyle.howstuffworks.com/family/parenting/tweens-teens/10-types-of-teens.htm
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Teens typically form cliques and subcultures based on different attitudes, styles of dress, and tastes in music. And due to the tendency to create generalized stereotypes, especially among teens, here are some typical stereotypes teens are categorized in.

Geeks

A “geek” is normally obsessed with something. It might be computers or computer games, comic books, anime, “Star Wars” or superheroes. It may even be a school subject or activity. They’re typically math geeks, band geeks and drama geeks.

Geeks usually aren’t known to be very fashion-conscious and may be introverted. They often do well in school, especially in subjects that grab them, such as science, art or writing. They may limit their friends to only those with similar interests.

Jocks

“Jocks” seem to have been around forever. They’re the teens who live for athletics. One big change from when you were a teen might be that this category isn’t just for boys anymore — many girls are jocks as well.
Jocks tend to be popular, at least with many of their peers. Adults also tend to look on these students as leaders among their peers. Unfortunately, jocks are also badly known for becoming bullies, and for a “win-at-any-cost” attitude.

Outsiders

There are three types of “outsider” groups that a teen might fall into.
The socially challenged teen has trouble making friends and just doesn’t fit.

The independent teen might be a “floater,” who has a variety of friends and feels no need to join any one group exclusively.

The determined outsider actively rejects cliques and may even hang with fellow outsiders, who form their own group

Outsiders are typically known for becoming the targets of bullying.

Scensters
These teens are ever eager to fit in. They’re known to be dedicated followers of fashion, or be devoted to a particular band, club or style. They typically dress in tight, fashionable clothing, wear sunglasses and sport wild but styled hairdos

Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are popular with many teens, but for scenesters, these Websites are totally essential. Scenesters sometimes get labeled posers or wannabes.
Nerds
This typeof teen is also known as the “brains” or “teacher’s pets”. They’re the first kids with their hands up, and they always have the right answer. They probably don’t have the fashion sense of other groups, and they might prefer chess to hoops.

Before, anyone who understood the mysteries of computers was considered a nerd. Now, due to a whole generation being computer savvy, modern nerds might be the ones who understand the science behind the techno glitz.
Nerds are smart, but they sometimes have a hard time socially. Many teens still think being academically gifted just isn’t cool.

Mean Girls

Mean girls are known for high heels, short skirts, or whatever the latest fashion is. They form exclusive cliques, and are well-known for gossiping. They also might be known as “Valley Girls” or “Barbies”.

Mean girls crave popularity, often because they feel insecure. Yet they have a hard time with genuine relationships. They cultivate “frenemies,” which are girls they hang with but secretly hate. Even their BFFs might be spurned tomorrow.

Emo Kids

An emo kid’s emotions are normally reflected in their appearance, which may be black clothing, streaked bangs, or tattoos and piercings. They maintain a strict fashion sense while insisting on their individuality, which isn’t an easy task
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The emo style has its roots in punk culture, which tended to be more rebellious, and goth. All of the groups shared an angst that most of these teens suffered at one time or another.

The way emo kids speak their inner feelings might make them seem whiny, but that doesn’t mean the emotions aren’t heartfelt.

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Why is stereotyping bad for teens?

https://paradigmtreatment.com/stereotyping-teen-damaging/
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Most stereotypes about teens aren’t true. While they might be true for teens in some cases, they are not a good way to describe all teenagers all of the time. While it might seem harmless to stereotype adolescents, the truth is that this type of behavior can be damaging to your teen’s mental health. Take a look at some reasons why stereotyping your teen can be damaging in many ways.

You can create a self-fulfilling prophecy

When you tell yourself something over and over again, you begin to believe it. Once you believe it, you will find instances and examples that only reinforce your belief.

Consider the current political climate: Whatever “side” you are on, you undoubtedly find plenty of references on the news that support your opinion.

The other “side” has opposing information that you might ignore or disregard. In this way, confirmation bias causes your opinion to become more and more cemented over time.

The same phenomenon occurs when stereotyping your teenager as moody, difficult, or full of angst.

Rather than dealing with behaviors as they come up while appreciating the good things about your teen in between the poor behaviors, you might begin to identify your teen by his or her frustrating attitudes and actions.

This will end up rubbing off on your teen, who will continue to live up to your low expectations. It creates a vicious cycle that is hard on not only your teen’s psyche but yours as well.

You risk not taking mental health concerns seriously

When you characterize your teen’s troubled behavior as normal because, after all, teens are difficult, you risk ignoring the symptoms of serious (and potentially deadly) mental health conditions.

For example, if you believe that all teens are over dramatic and full of angst, you might not realize that your teen is suffering from social anixety, severe depression, or even suicidal tendencies.

Familiarize yourself with the symptoms of these mental health concerns. A teen who is crying a lot, socially withdrawn, and has a hard time getting out of bed in the morning might be dealing with depression, which can ultimately lead to suicide.

If your teen is experiencing a racing heart or refusing to go to school, anxiety might be to blame. An adolescent who is very concerned with his or her weight might be developing an eating disorder. Know the difference between normal teen behavior and the signs that something more serious is going on.

Your teen can internalize your opinions

While your teen wants to be independent and grown up, they look to you for support and approval.

Teens do want the approval of their parents, and most will try to avoid disappointing mom and dad the majority of the time.

Even if your child rolls his or her eyes at your suggestions, it’s likely that they’re taking them to heart. They also take to heart negative comments made by you.

Stereotyping your teen can make him or her feel bad and lower their self-esteem.

Remember that as your teenager’s parent, you are there to love them unconditionally and to see the best in them when others do not.

If your child thinks that you don’t see anything good about them, they might begin to feel that they’re unlovable or that something is wrong with them.

This can lead to depression and anxiety.

Talk to your teen about specific behaviors that need to change while also reinforcing the idea that you love

You could perpetuate the stigma surrounding mental health

By classifying symptoms of mental health troubles as difficult behaviors, you are contributing to the stigma that mental health conditions already carry.

Remember that if your teen is struggling with a mental health concern, treating it as though it’s their fault does him or her no favors.

They already feel bad and are stressed out; don’t add to it by labeling them as lazy, moody, overdramatic, or other negative attributes.

Instead, talk to your teen about ways to decrease the stigma of mental illness.

This will help not only your own child but also his or her peers, some of whom will deal with mental health conditions.

Help your teen understand the symptoms of various health concerns so that they can break the cycle of the stigma among their own group of friends.

You risk damaging your relationship with your teen

A good relationship with parents helps many teens avoid the pitfalls of drinking, using drugs, and having unprotected sex.

Also, teens need their parents to help them navigate the journey of growing up into a responsible, productive adult.

Stereotyping your teen by creating and believing negative stereotypes can disrupt that positive relationship.

That can cause difficult feelings in your teen, which might lead to them self-medicating with alcohol or other substances.

It can also cause anxiety or depression.

Learn how to communicate better with your teen so you can foster a more positive relationship and stop stereotyping.

Once you begin to see your teen for who he or she is, rather than as a stereotype, you’ll begin to appreciate his or her positive qualities.

Don’t be afraid to ask for help. If you are not sure how to relate to your teen and improve your relationship, a family concealer is an excellent place to start.

Ask your child’s pediatrician or family doctor for a referral or recommendation.

Work with the counselor on your own and also with your teen and other household members so you can communicate more effectively and strengthen your relationship.

No matter what your teen is going through, they will be comforted knowing that you are standing by their side, and that will set the stage for a better relationship now and for many years into the future.
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Welcome to insights into teams, this is episode 136 downfalls of teen stereotyping. I’m your host, Joseph Whalen, and my unique and kind co-host Madison Whalen.

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Madison
Hi, everyone.

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How are you doing today, Maddie?

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Madison
I’m doing all right. How about you?

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Joseph
I’m doing OK, I guess, as well as can be expected under the conditions, right?

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Madison
Yeah.

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Joseph
How was your week this week?

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Madison
So far, it’s been all right. Had some good moments. Bad moments? OK. Annoying people. But you know.

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Joseph
Well, I mean, we’ll do a podcast about annoying people sometime in the future, maybe. But today we’re doing a podcast on teen stereotyping. So what is teen stereotyping? What are some of the common stereotypes and what are some of the downfalls to stereotyping?

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Joseph
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Are we ready?

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Yes, we are.

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Joseph
There we go. So what is stereotyping, so this dictionary this definition comes to us from Collins Dictionary.com, and they simply put it as a stereotype, as a fixed general image or set of characteristics that a lot of people believe represent a particular type of person or thing.

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Joseph
If someone is stereotyped as something, people form a fixed general idea or image of him, so that’s assume that they will have that’s so now let’s assume that they will behave in a particular way. So this was a topic that you kind of threw out there and we were looking for things to talk about what kind of

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Joseph
prompted this? Do you find a lot of stereotyping in your school?

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Madison
I mean, I mainly find a lot of stereotyping kind of in teen media because like I’ve seen a decent amount of teen movies where there’s a ton of different kinds of stereotypes and. And like sometimes I also kind of went under the impression that like.

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Madison
I like I even kind of identified myself with certain stereotypes until I started realizing, you know, they were stereotypes.

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Joseph
Understood. So tell us, why do we stereotype?

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Madison
So this part of the segment comes from blogs hub. Dot.

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Joseph
Edu. Edu.

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Madison
Edu. OK, so that’s how you say that, OK? So we think in terms of the categories we create, we create from our experiences. Those categories clarify the world for us. But they also oversimplify it at some point, those natural over simplifications cross the line into stereotypes.

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Madison
We can’t think without using OK categories, which makes it difficult to know what our categories hinder, rather than help our ability to make sense of things.

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Joseph
Yeah, and it’s kind of funny that they they define it that way because human beings in general categorize everything. We like to put things in a nice little bin, and that’s just how we deal with the world. And sometimes when it comes to stereotyping, it has a negative effect.

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Joseph
Simply knowing about social groups can lead us to stereotype their members because we assume there must be something important that led to their common classification in the first place, something that makes them essentially alike. We see close up the individual differences among members of our own social groups.

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Joseph
But those in other groups blur together in the distance into a homogeneous all everyone or minor variation on the same basic theme or at best, a quote exception, a way of acknowledging that someone doesn’t fit your stereotype of your group without acknowledging that your stereotype might be wrong.

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Madison
We also pick up stereotypes from the world around us. We hear stereotypical talk or see stereotypical things family, friends, school, work, church, the media, etc. There’s a tendency for us to overestimate the extent to which people do what they do, what they want to do, and to underestimate the extent to which people do things that are prescribed

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Madison
by those social roles. Therefore, we see people in a particular role. We tend to assume that they are well suited for it and by extension, not so well suited for other roles.

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Joseph
So what do you think is the most common stereotype that you encounter on a daily basis?

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Madison
I’m. I mean. I would definitely say that there’s like a decent amount of stereotypes that I’ve seen, and there’s like stereotypes for all different kinds of people, but if I had to pick the stereotype that I encounter that I see like the most being represented.

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Madison
I guess it would be like. The smart kids or the nerds.

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Joseph
Right, right.

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Madison
Since I’m kind of since I’m kind of in a lot of more advanced classes, I typically tend to be around more nerdy kids.

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Joseph
That makes sense. I could understand that one of the things that I notice from a professional environment and I work in I.T.. And there’s a massive stereotype around it, and it doesn’t matter what you do with technology. If you do anything with technology, you’re perceived to be it.

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Joseph
Well, it’s a very specific segment of technology, so I run, you know, our I.T. department so we can all the server maintenance networks, computers and all that. But we also I also manage our developers as well, and they’re all group underwriting and development is probably the furthest thing from it when it comes to technology because they’re not

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Joseph
very hands on with the technology itself and the writing software. Hmm. But they kind of get lumped in together. So even outside of the teen environment, when you get into businesses and in different professions, you get stereotyping as well.

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Joseph
And there’s a, you know, perceived. Behavior, you know, all you white guys, you don’t socialize with people very well, and you know, you guys are the smartest guys in the room and you get a lot of stuff like that.

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Joseph
And there’s with most stereotypes, there’s a certain grain of truth to the stereotyping that usually happens, and it’s usually based on a very limited understanding of what someone has of that group. Have you ever been stereotyped yourself?

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Madison
I’ve been stereotyped as a nerd like I Loulou remember my friend having the name nerds for me as in the term of candy because I was smart. And like, I guess I can kind of fit that stereotype, but like, just because I’m smart doesn’t mean I’m a nerd.

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Joseph
So, OK, so that’s a that’s a very good point. So when you think of people calling you a nerd, what is your definition of a nerd? And do you exhibit any of the characteristics of what you define as a nerd?

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Madison
Well, to me, I kind of find a nerd to be a little more on the extreme side of a lot of things like. And I also don’t really see, just like one define nerd, there’s a there’s like several different types of nerds.

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Madison
I feel like nerd is kind of something where you’re like, really good and one aspect of something like, you’re a nerd with the technology, you’re a bookworm nerd. Like, I know that there’s a lot like, there are stereotypes for them.

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Madison
But like, I kind of see saying a nerd is kind of like, you’re being a nerd at like something that you’re like, really smart with and really good with.

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Joseph
So do you find it offensive when people stereotype you like that or do you find that? It inhibits their opinion of what you can and can’t do.

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Madison
I mean. When I do get called a nerd like I know a lot and I know, like before I was like pretty offensive to be called a nerd. And like. I don’t inherently take any offense to it, but like it’s also not entirely the whole truth of my character.

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Madison
Like, just become smart doesn’t mean I act this one way or just or that I’m just like this one stereotype.

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Joseph
That’s a very good point. Now, do you feel that when people stereotype you in front of others who might not know you that it sets a preconceived notion and those people might be biased against you because of that?

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Madison
I mean, the probably works with most stereotypes because of because like having a fixed view of someone when you don’t know like their entire like. All of like every single part of them. Yeah, it does definitely create some bias and it’s probably not just with me and being called a nerd, but like it probably happens with other

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Madison
people. It just happens with other stereotypes.

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Joseph
Do you find yourself trying to combat that stereotype? Do you correct people? Do you try to show them that you’re more than just what they stereotype you as when they do that to you?

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Madison
I mean, yeah, I kind of say, like, I kind of say, Well, I wouldn’t really call myself a nerd, but OK, so basically I’d kind of like direct them away from calling me a nerd and, you know, just calling me Maddie as opposed to just being a nerd.

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Madison
OK, because I like to see myself as an individual and aren’t defined by stereotype for you.

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Joseph
Do you find that you consciously or unconsciously wind up stereotyping others were falling into the stereotypes that others have been classified as well?

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Madison
I used to define myself as a particular stereotype known as the tomboy, a.k.a. a girl who prefers more boyish things like I don’t really like to wear dresses or dress fancy. I prefer hoodies, jeans, shorts and T-shirts. And I remember this one talk I actually had with mommy when I told her that I was a tomboy.

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Madison
She said, Well, I probably wouldn’t call you a tomboy. You just like different clothing. And then when I started learning more about stereotyping, I realized, Yeah, like most, I’ve noticed that there are a lot of girls who. Wear clothing like I do and don’t really classify themselves as a tomboy.

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Madison
In fact, there’s a decent majority of women who don’t wear dresses, who are those who have similar preferences to me, and it made me realize that being the term being a tomboy is just a particular stereotype, because then I started realizing that, OK, well, the actions Tom boys take, I don’t really do like um.

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Joseph
Beat up boys and stuff like that.

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Madison
Well, like basically, I don’t really like do. Some wars are kind of like supposed to be like really like messy and athletic, and I’m not really like that like they always enjoy going outside skateboarding, like doing what? Boys do basically, and I realized that I don’t really do that.

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Joseph
Well, that was a fantastic attempt at not answering the question I asked. So let me ask the question again.

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Madison
I just guess I wanted to mention that.

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Joseph
So have you? Do you find that you, you have or you do actually fall into the habit of stereotyping, whether consciously or unconsciously or fall into the trap of believing the stereotypes that others impose on people?

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Madison
I try not to believe the stereotypes that other that other people put on others. And I never really try to do it myself. But I think unconsciously in certain instances, especially when people just annoy me, I kind of just.

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Madison
Insinuate some type of stereotype in them, but I don’t really think about it all that much because most of the time I’m just annoyed and I don’t really want to deal with them.

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Joseph
OK, fair enough. Our labels a form of stereotyping, in your opinion.

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Madison
You’re an example.

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Joseph
Well, if I label somebody a tomboy or if I label somebody, you know you’re a jock or you’re a computer geek. Does that label impose a stereotype on them?

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Madison
I mean. Yeah, it kind of does, because those labels also have generalized ideas of people. Like, if you say someone’s a joke. Yeah, that’s kind of an improv stereotype like, oh, they’re extremely athletic, they’re not that good in school like they it’s kind of just the imposed jocks.

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Madison
It’s just what like the generalized idea of what a jock is. So yeah, labeling people.

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Joseph
So a a label, you are a teacher’s pet. Does that impose a stereotype on you?

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Madison
Probably. Yeah, because basically you like are always super nice to the teacher. And like, you’re also supposed to be like smart and the brains and like, OK, sure is like.

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Joseph
Yeah, I mean that that makes sense. We’re going to take a quick break and then we’re going to come back, I’m going to talk about some of the typical teen stereotypes that you face on a daily basis. We’ll be right back.

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Madison
Welcome back to insights in the teens today, we’re talking about the downfalls of teen stereotyping. And now we’re going to be talking about some typical teen stereotypes. And this comes to us from lifestyle dot, how stuff works, dot com.

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Madison
So teens typically form cliques and subcultures based on different attitudes, style of dress and tastes and music. And due to the tendency to create generalized stereotypes, especially among teens, here are some typical stereotypes teens are categorized in. The first one we have is geeks.

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Madison
A geek is normally obsessed with something. It might be computers or computer games, comic books, anime, Star Wars, or say.

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Joseph
There’s nothing wrong with being obsessed with Star Wars. Or superheroes or superheroes, yeah.

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Madison
It may even be a school subject or activity. The typically math, they’re typically math geeks, band geeks and drama geeks. Geeks usually aren’t known to be very fashion conscious and may be introverted. They often do well in school, especially in subjects that grab them, such as science, art or writing.

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Madison
They may limit their friends to only those with similar interests.

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Joseph
So do you consider yourself a geek?

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Madison
I mean, by this definition, there is a decent amount that would probably fit me. I do have my own obsessions of certain things, and some of them include my include school stuff. I’m not entirely sure. And I guess I am kind of considered a band geek.

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Joseph
Now you are.

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Madison
Well, yeah, I’m not really fashion conscious for the most part. Can’t I just wear shirts I like?

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Joseph
OK? Like Billy Joel?

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Madison
Sure. I’m more ambivalent, but I do kind of tend to lean to the introverted side.

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Joseph
OK.

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Madison
And I do tend to limit my friends to those that are similar in just for the most part.

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Joseph
OK, so so this one for from a general categorization standpoint, this one might be you more than others. Would you agree with that?

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Madison
Yeah, I guess, but doesn’t really say everything it doesn’t.

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Joseph
And stereotypes are not designed to be in depth by, you know, biographical profiles of you. They’re really kind of 30,000 foot snapshots. Yeah. So the next time that we have our jocks, jocks seem to have seemed to have been around forever.

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Joseph
There are the teens who live for athletics. one big change from when you were a teen might be that this category isn’t just for boys anymore. Many girls are jocks as well. Jocks tend to be popular, at least with many of their peers.

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Joseph
Adults also tend to look on these students as leaders among their peers. Unfortunately. Jobs are also badly known for becoming bullies and for win at any cost attitudes, and a lot of times the the. I guess the number one person that you would see in high school is your high school football captain, your quarterback.

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Madison
Mm-Hmm.

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Joseph
You know, and they’re always tend, they always tend to be looked upon as leaders. And I think a lot of times there’s situations where that expectation just goes unmet for a lot of different reasons. So I’ll ask you, I’ll raise the question to you again.

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Joseph
Do you think you are a jock?

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Madison
Yeah, probably not. I’ve never really wanted to join sports. They only sport I am a part of is marching band, and I don’t know if that really classifies as being an entirely jock thing. Apparently, someone I actually thought I could actually play football on my L.A. class.

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Joseph
Well, maybe you can. He never tried.

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Madison
I also do kind of also want to point out the site actually mentioned this, and I did kind of relate to it. A lot of people think that the stereotypical jocks aren’t actually very academically well. And, you know, I kind of.

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Joseph
How do you play dumb? They’re they’re not academic overachievers, typically is how they’re viewed.

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Madison
But the thing is to actually even do sports, you have to do well in school.

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Joseph
And that’s that’s a fairly recent thing. You know, when I was a kid, when I was in high school, academic achievement was not a requirement. And a lot of times the high schools who had very aggressive will say football programs.

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Joseph
Would typically do things that were morally ambiguous when it came to kids’ educations, and they would cheat on their tests, then look the other way when they paid kids to get answers. And, you know, because money, football and stuff like that, you know, athletics are major moneymakers for schools.

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Joseph
So you know that fortunately, a lot of that has gone away at this point in time, and it happened probably more in college. And it didn’t faze school because it was, you know, college ball is much more of a moneymaker for you.

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Joseph
But, you know, schools would would do questionable things at times and over time they got caught doing that and there were reforms and there’s rules in place now and stuff like that. What else do we have?

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Madison
So next up, we have outsiders. So these so there are three types of outside a group that might fall into. The socially challenged teen has trouble making friends and just doesn’t fit in the independent team teen might be a floater who has a variety of friends and feels no need to join any one group exclusively.

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Madison
The determined outsider actively rejects cliques and may even hang with fellow outsiders who form their own group. Outsiders are typically known for becoming targets of bullying.

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Joseph
So I’ll ask you again. Do you fit into this category?

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Madison
Well, I probably wouldn’t fit in with the socially challenged. I’m not entirely socially challenged, so I have friends.

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Joseph
OK.

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Madison
Probably the independent might be the closest. Determined outsider, I don’t actively reject people, mostly Ashley, but I don’t like drawing clicks or anything, but.

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Joseph
OK, so this might not be a fit for you. Yeah, so far we’ve only got one category that you seem to fit into. OK, so the next one that we have are seen stars, these teens are ever eager to fit in.

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Joseph
They’re known to be dedicated followers of fashion or be devoted to a particular band, club or style. They typically dress in tight, fashionable clothing, wear sunglasses and sport wild but styled hairdos. Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are popular with many teens, but for seen stars, these websites are totally essential since they’re sometimes get labeled posers

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Joseph
or wannabe. OK, same question. Do you think you fit into this category?

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Madison
Probably not. I don’t really use social media at all. And I don’t really do anything and with my hair or my fashion sense.

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Joseph
So why that? What’s our next one?

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Madison
The next one we have is the category that I typically in placed in. And those are the nerds. This type of teen is also known as the brains or teacher’s pet. They’re the first kids with their hands up, and they’re they always have the right answer.

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Madison
They probably don’t have the fashion sense of other groups, and they’re my preferred age, and they might prefer chess or hoops.

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Joseph
To hoops.

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Madison
Or to who just hoops. Before, before anyone who understood the mysteries of computers was considered a nerd. Now, due to a whole generation being computer savvy, modern nerds might be the ones who understand the science behind the techno glitches nerd so smart, but they sometimes have a hard time socially.

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Madison
Many teens still think being academically gifted just isn’t cool.

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Joseph
OK, so you’ve been thrown into this category before. Do you think you fit into it based on that?

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Madison
I mean, in my one class, I am one of the. I am like a constant kid who raises my hand because I know I have the right answer and other people just are lazy and don’t want to answer.

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Madison
Again, not really all that into the fashion sense, so that’s true. I don’t actually play chess and I actually kind of prefer to do basketball over chess because I find chess. I don’t understand chess and I don’t even know how to play it.

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Joseph
OK.

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Madison
I mean, I do understand computers. I’ve started kind of getting into how they work since I’m in the engineering program, so.

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Joseph
Okay, so so this might be another category that you fit into. So we found two possible stereotypes that you fit into and you’ll see where I’m going when we’re done here. Okay. So the next time that we have our mean girls being girls are known for high heels, short skirts and whatever the latest fashion is, they form

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Joseph
exclusive cliques and are well known for gossiping. They also might be known as quote Valley Girls or Barbies. Being girls crave popularity, often because they feel insecure. Yet they have a hard time with genuine relationships. They cultivate frenemies which are girls they hang with but secretly hate even their BFFs might be spurned tomorrow.

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Joseph
Are you a mean girl?

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Madison
I mean, I wouldn’t say that again. Not really. Into the latest fashion. I also find high heels looking incredibly painful, so I’m probably never going to be wearing those.

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Joseph
You and me both.

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Madison
I don’t really form cliques with anyone, and I’m not really entirely one for gossiping.

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Joseph
All right. So this is not a category that would that would describe you.

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Madison
Probably not.

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Joseph
What’s the last one that we have?

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Madison
The last one we have is emo kids and emo kids. Emotions are normally reflected in their appearance, which may be black clothing, streaked bangs or tattoos and piercings. They maintain a strict fashion sense while insisting on their individuality, which isn’t an easy task.

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Madison
The emo style has its roots in punk culture, which is which is which tended to be more rebellious and goth. All of the groups shared an angst that most of these teens suffered at one time or another. The way emo kids speak, they’re feeling their inner feelings might make them seem whiny.

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Madison
But that doesn’t mean their emotions on heartfelt.

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Joseph
All right, and same question goes out. You fit into this category.

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Madison
I mean, probably not. I’m not really one to want to, like be what I guess they’re normally known as for being edgy or goth. I wear a lot of black clothing, but that’s just because I wear. I like wearing sweatpants, and a lot of my shirts are black.

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Joseph
OK, so out of the categories that we’ve talked about here. two of them kind of fit your personality, would you agree with that?

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Madison
Yeah.

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Joseph
So let me ask you this. We kind of complained about stereotyping because it was too general. Fitting in, the two of these stereotypes kind of expounds on who you are as an individual. Does being multi stereotyped helped to alleviate any of the concerns of stereotyping?

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Madison
I mean. I’d say it helps, but it doesn’t really help all the way. OK? Still, being labeled under multiple stereotypes is still stereotyping and can still have its negative effects.

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Joseph
And I would tend to agree with you. I think maybe it helps to better define you in general terms. But it’s just more general terms. The terms are still general, so it doesn’t really, you know, let people get to know who you are and the problem that you find in social situations, especially in high school and stuff

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Joseph
like that, is first impressions are very important. And if people’s first impression of you when they first meet you and talk to you. Is to stereotype you. Then that wasn’t a very good first impression. Yeah. They didn’t get to learn very much about you at all.

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Joseph
You didn’t demonstrate who you are. You kind of demonstrated some of the qualities that the stereotype enabled you with is associated with. And it’s unfortunate, you know, but that’s human nature. And a lot of people in social situations don’t.

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Joseph
Look, to put your best foot forward in that first interaction and then stereotypes happen, and when when someone labels you as a stereotype, they kind of shut down at that point in time and they’re less open to who you really are.

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Joseph
But we’ll talk more about that in our next segment when we talk about why stereotyping is bad for teens. We’ll be right back.

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Narrator
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Madison
Welcome back to insights in the teens today, we’re talking about stereotyping, and now we’re going to get into the downfalls of the title by talking about why stereotyping is bad for teens. And this comes to us from.

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Joseph
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Madison
Thank you. So most stereotypes about teens aren’t true. Well, they might be true for teens. In some cases they’re not. They’re not all the way. They’re not a good way to describe all teenagers all of the time, kind of like we mentioned before.

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Joseph
Exactly.

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Madison
While it might seem harmless to stereotype adolescents, the truth is that this type of behavior can be damaging to our teens health. Take a good look at some reasons why stereotyping your teen can be damaging in many ways.

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Madison
So the first thing we have here is that you can create a self-fulfilling prophecy. Well, you tell yourself something over and over again. You begin to believe it. Once you believe it. You’ll find instances and examples that only reinforce your belief.

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Madison
Consider the current political debate. Whatever side you’re on. You undoubtedly find plenty of references on the news that support your opinion. The other side has opposing information that you might ignore or disregard in this way. Confirmation bias causes your opinion to become more and more cemented over time.

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Madison
The same phenomenon occurs when stereotyping your teenager as moody, difficult or full of angst, rather than dealing with behaviors as they come up. While appreciating the good things about your teen and between the poor behaviors, you might begin to identify your teen by his or her frustrating attitude and actions.

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Madison
This will end up rubbing of off on your teen, who will continue to live up to your low expectations. It creates a vicious cycle that is hard on not only your teen’s psyche, but yours as well.

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Joseph
And this kind of goes back to what we’re talking about with labeling is if you let somebody label you and tell you who you are, whether it’s what you call a label or stereotype. And you believe that that instantly limits your your potential and your capability because you’re never going to think you’re anything other than what other

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Joseph
people tell you, you are so doing that to someone else really is robbing them of opportunity.

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Madison
Yeah.

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Joseph
And allowing someone to do that to you is limiting your ability to be whatever you want to be. Yeah. So the fact that you don’t like stereotypes and you don’t like labels, I think, is fantastic. I don’t think you should let anybody tell you who you are and what you’re capable of.

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Joseph
You’re capable of anything that you want to do. And that’s the most important takeaway from that one.

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Madison
Yup.

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Joseph
So the next thing they talk about is you risk not taking mental health concerns seriously. When you characterize your team’s troubled behavior as normal, because after all, teens are difficult, you risk ignoring the symptoms of serious and potentially deadly mental health conditions.

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Joseph
For example, if you believe that all teens are overdramatic and full of angst, you might not realize that routine is suffering from social anxiety, severe depression or even suicidal tendencies. Familiarize yourself with the symptoms of these mental health concerns, something we try to to do on this podcast is to bring awareness to these types of things.

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Madison
Mm-Hmm.

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Joseph
A teen who is crying a lot, socially withdrawn and has a hard time getting out of bed in the morning won’t be dealing with depression, which can ultimately lead to suicide. If your teen is experiencing a racing heart or refusing to go to school, anxiety might be to blame.

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Joseph
And Adolescent, who was very concerned with his or her wheat, might be developing an eating disorder, knowing the difference between normal teen behavior and the signs that something is more serious is going on.

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Madison
So your team can also internalize your opinions. Iodine wants to be independent and grow up. They look to you for support and approval. Teams do want the approval of their parents and most will try to avoid disappointing mom and dad.

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Madison
The majority of the time. Even if your child rolls his or her eyes at your suggestions, it’s likely that they’re giving that they’re taking them to heart. They also take to heart negative comments made by you. Stereotyping your teen can make him or her feel bad about lower and lower their self-esteem.

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Madison
Remember that that as your teenager’s parent, your you are there to love them unconditionally and to see the best in them when others do not. If your child thinks that you don’t see anything good about them, they might begin to feel that they’re unloved or that something is wrong with them.

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Madison
This can lead to depression and anxiety. Talk to you, teen about specific behaviors that need to change, while also reinforcing the idea that you love them.

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Joseph
You can also perpetuate the stigma surrounding mental health by classifying symptoms of mental health troubles as difficult behaviors, you’re contributing to the stigma that mental health conditions already carry. Remember that if your teen is struggling with a mental health concern, treating it as though it’s their fault does him or her no favors?

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Joseph
They already feel bad and are stressed out. Don’t add to it by labeling them as lazy, moody, overdramatic or other negative attributes. Instead, talk to your teen about ways to decrease the stigma of mental illness. This will help not only your own child, but also his or her peers, some of whom will deal with mental health conditions

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Joseph
. Help your teen understand the symptoms of various health concerns so that they can break the cycle of stigma among their own group of friends.

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Madison
You also risk damaging your relationship with your teen, a good relationship with parents helps many teens avoid the pitfalls of drinking, using drugs and having unprotected sex. Also, teens need their parents to help them navigate the journey of growing up into a responsible, productive adult.

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Madison
Stereotyping your teen by creating and believing negative stereotypes can interrupt that positive relationship that can cause difficult feelings and no teen, which might lead them to self-medicating with alcohol or other substances. It can also lead to anxiety and depression.

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Madison
Learn how to communicate better with your teen so that you can foster a more positive relationship and stop stereotyping. When do you begin to see your teen for who he or she is rather than as a stereotype? You’ll begin to appreciate his or her positive qualities.

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Madison
So don’t be afraid to ask for help if you are not sure how to relate to your teen and improve your relationship. A family counselor is an excellent place to start. Ask your child’s pediatrician or family doctor for a referral or recommendation.

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Madison
Work with the counselor on your own and also with your teen and other household members so you can communicate more effectively and strengthen your relationship.

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Joseph
No matter what your teen’s going through. They’ll be comforted knowing that you’re standing by their side, and that will set the stage for a better relationship now and for many years in the future. So. Understanding all those pitfalls there and having a better understanding of stereotyping.

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Joseph
I’m going to honestly ask you, do you think mommy and daddy stereotype you at all?

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Madison
No, I definitely think you guys encouraged me to be my own self, be an individual and notice the unique attributes I offer. In fact, whenever I’m somewhat caught stereotyping myself or thinking that I’m one away, you guys always say, Well, you’re unique, you’re different and you encourage me to stop thinking that.

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Madison
Kind of stop stereotyping myself.

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Joseph
You know, I think a lot of the topics that we’ve talked about on the podcast here are different forms of how we tend to stereotype ourselves overachieving depression, anxiety. You know, all these types of things anti-social. These are all things that we tend to label ourselves with or stereotype ourselves with any think.

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Joseph
A lot of times we we do it. I’m not sure why we do it ourselves, I don’t know if it’s because we’re trying to justify our actions, trying to understand our actions. But I think a lot of times when we do it, we do it with a biased eye towards ourselves.

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Joseph
So having that outside perspective now, yes, mommy and daddy love you unconditionally will always be there to support you. We’ll do what we can to protect you and make sure that your you have the most that you can get out of life.

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Joseph
But we’re always honest with you. You know, if we think you’re doing something wrong or we think there’s room for improvement, we try to help you out with that. So in that respect, we can offer an objective third party.

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Joseph
Review of what you might be imposing on yourself. And it’s funny because a lot of times we do these podcasts and we go into detail about some of these things like you thought you were depressed at one point in time.

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Joseph
We went through, we did the analysis, we did the definition. We asked you all the questions about at the end of the podcast. You were like, Well, I’m really not depressed. I might be stressed, I might be tired.

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Joseph
I eat this. I might be that. And all those things sort of made you think you were depressed? But it turns out you really weren’t. Yeah. So having somebody else to bounce those ideas off of, I think, is huge.

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Joseph
And that’s really where the parents come in here. You know, the parents in their support have to be honest, they have to be observant. But they also have to be aware, and I think that’s kind of the big message that they’re trying to get across here.

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Joseph
Anything else before we move on to our closing thoughts?

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Madison
I think you hit the nail right on the coffin.

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Joseph
The nail right on the coffin.

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Madison
I think that’s the saying goes.

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Joseph
It’s a nail in the head and the final nail in the coffin. And it’s like three things you had going on there. Even that’s okay. It’s okay, sweetheart. So we’ll be right back. We’re going to take a quick break here and we’ll get your final thoughts and finish up with the business of the podcast.

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Madison
Randy. All right. So to everyone out there, I just wanted to mention how. We shouldn’t really be stereotyping people. Stereotyping is really just a generalized idea of people and doesn’t really give the entire picture. So in any way, you really can try to avoid stereotyping.

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Madison
I would definitely recommend for parents to not stereotype your teens because that will just lead to so many different types of negative out negative effects on your teen and even the world they live in. We already live in a world where we have plenty of different stereotypes, and it’s better if you try to stop trying to stop

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Madison
it before it gets too out of hand.

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Joseph
OK, sage advice. As always, thank you. Another not a good topic here. Very well done. You did all the notes on this one. You were totally on on par with the script on this one here. So kudos to you for that, sweetheart.

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Madison
Thank you.

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Joseph
Before we do go, I would once again encourage our audience to subscribe to the podcast. You can get audio versions of this podcast. Listeners insights into the teens video versions listed as insights into things were on Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Stitcher and so forth.

00;45;34;01 – 00;45;49;25
Joseph
I would also encourage you to give us your feedback, tell us how we’re doing. Give us some suggestions for show topics. You can e-mail us your comments and insights into things dot com. We also stream five days a week on Twitch at Twitch Dot TV’s slash insights into things.

00;45;50;12 – 00;46;12;19
Joseph
You can find audio versions of this podcast on the web itself. Podcast and insights into teams dot com video versions can be found at podcast insights into things dot com, or you can get us on Facebook at Facebook Dot Com Slash Insights Into Things podcast, or you can go right to our official website and insights into things

00;46;12;19 – 00;46;16;21
Joseph
dot com for all of our social media links and you.

00;46;17;08 – 00;46;27;00
Madison
And don’t forget to check out our other two podcast insights and entertainment hosted by You and Mommy and Argentina Tomorrow, our monthly podcast hosted by you and my brother, Sam.

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Joseph
Well done. That’s it. Another one of the books by.

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Madison
Everyone.

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Joseph
By.