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Well I know we have got this special section about teenagers and that is because they can be...challenging and yet I do believe that young people can be much maligned in the media. My elder son has always maintained that he gets shoved out of the way by elderly people and often overhears very rude remarks, which would cause the speaker to be prosecuted if they were about someone who was gay or from another culture, for example.
Anyway this thread is for positive things we can say about our teenagers.
My younger son went into town the other evening. I know he was short of money due to it being half term so I was a bit concerned that he would just be maurauding round the streets but I gave him a strict curfew and off he went. The next day he said "oh Mum there was a poor man in a sleeping bag in a doorway, me and Joe were worried he had died so we went to see him and he was Ok so we pooled our money and went and got him a Big Mac. It felt really good to help someone"
That brought a tear to even my cynical eyes.......
That's brilliant, sparkling lime! :D
Hi Louise and Sparklinglime
It is great to hear and read positive comments about teenagers as it is really inspiring. there has been so much bad press about young people recently that fear seems to have been instilled into the nation about all young people which is horrible. I do not have any teenagers yet but for a long time have been dreading and worrying about the teenage years even though they are a long way off. what with the media and programmes such as Brat camp, fear just seems to be perpetuated even further along with doom and gloom about this group of people - it really is a form of ageism.
So I would welcome reading as many positive comments as possible to readdress the uneven balance. Thank you and bring on more positive comments please!
C-L
Well I don't know about all of you but I hate it when "carol singers" come round and blurt out a garbled version of We Wish You A Merry Christmas. So it was lovely the other night when two teenage girls rung the doorbell and sang a beautiful version of Little Donkey. I even put some money in their tin! it really lifts my heart to see young people like that.
That was nice.
We've had no carol singers.
Hi Louise
We have never had any carol singers which I think is a real shame so i would actually be up for any carol singers here, garbled or otherwise - although it does make a difference if they can sing in tune!
Cheers C-L
Time to revive the "positive things about teenagers" thread 
I have been away for a week and left my 18 year old in the house. He kept it really well but he phoned me on the Monday of my holiday to talk something over. One of their friends had gone missing on the Sunday and they could not get hold of him, they finally found he had gone to Liverpool airpoirt and was on the roof of a multi storey carpark saying he was going to jump, his life was worthless etc etc. They alerted the police and eventually the local police found him, phoned them to say he was safe and son and friends said keep him there, we will come. So they got into one boy's car (he is a lovely boy this chap and always drives very carefully and heaven alone knows how he felt about a two hour drive each way across the Pennines at midnight) and they went to Liverpool and collected him and he slept on my son's shoulder all the way back and they were almost home (4am by this time) and were....
stopped by the police who asked if they had any drugs in the car
...and even the police apologised when they found out the real purpose of the journey. Son had four hours sleep at home then went to work for his shift. I told him I was very proud of the caring and mature way he had behaved.
The boy was taken to stay with the car driver's parents (both lovely) as he had been chucked out by his own parents a few days previously.
I love stories about the goodness in our young people
Here's to no3 son (it's not so much about helping others, but you all know what he's been up to over the last couple of years....)
He has got himself a little job, only dishing out leaflets, but he does it every day up to four hours. AND he's the one who's asked to go on holiday with the whole family.
He does also always look out for other people (about six months ago he and a friend locked a 'pervert' in the public loo and called the police). :-)
It's great to hear those good things, Hopeful Well done to your son!!!!! As parents, we can feel as if we are pushed to the limit sometimes so it's fantastic when we see the other side of the coin
Aww Louise. He has a heart of gold, doesn't he? I hope this lad is doing ok.
Well done to No3 son hopeful.
That is so lovely!
My older two, taking it in turns every evening to take a cup of tea upstairs for my neighbour at night - and doing it with a smile. My son is 18 in December, by daughter is 15.