Things Indian parents need to pipe down about : DATING

Before beginning I want to be clear about a few things:
1. No offence is meant to anyone. These are simply my opinion on a couple of things and I don't claim to be right about all of them.
2. Simply an opinion. Again, this post is just random and none of this should be taken to heart.
3. I love my parents a lot and have great respect for others' parents too. I don't intend to insult anyone or point fingers.

Indian parents are known to be unique in their own ways. They can be their kid's best friend and at the same time their worst nightmare. It's actually very hard to explain. There are some things that parents do that has annoyed every kid at some point of their life. I don't know if these 'traits' apply to parents worldwide but I'm sure almost every Indian kid can relate to this.
Indian parents are the world's biggest control freaks who feel the need to plan out every single second of their kids' lives.

Now with changing times this utter control seems to be slipping out of their hands and they've started to freak out whenever they realise this.

Dating
I have always failed to understand why the idea of a girl and a guy hanging out together is seen as 'wrong'. Dating someone is not wrong. It's a free country and a modern world now, people don't need to be phobic of the opposite sex till their 20s and then marry someone their parents feel is the best for them. It simply does not work that way anymore. If you ask me, days of arranged marriages are over. Parents need to let their kids go out there and find love on their own and not be 'made to fall in love' with a stranger just because the families get along well.
Indian kids are told right from the beginning that it's bad for us to interact with kids of the opposite sex in more than a friendly way and that it's a huge and absolutely unnecessary distraction.
This is also one of the reasons people require dating apps, ask others out on social media or via text. Because they're either trying to suppress feelings for others or have no idea on how to approach the person they like and feel to damn shy too face them.
Let go. Please. Being overprotective isn't going to help. Yes, people do sometimes pick the wrong person and make bad decisions that sometimes ends up messing up their entire lives but that is because they just suck at making the right choices. And despite being kept from dating they're bound to mess up maybe even worse at some point. People do learn from their mistakes even when it comes to dating. Maybe the idea of dating as mere kids of 13 is not such a good idea but if it works out well, who knows! Childhood sweethearts exist and so do teen lovers. Not every relationship is bound to be a train wreck. And there's nothing wrong in trying to salvage the damage done in those wrecks by starting afresh. Like life, dating and finding love is a continuous process till people find what they seek.

For more things in life almost every Indian kid wishes their parents would stop making a big deal of, stay tuned.

-The Geek

The truth behind teen 'rants'

Teenager. What's the first word that pops in your mind?
Confused, angry, emo, vengeful, adrenaline-driven, spoilt brats? Not all of them but most of them may be true. We may seem immature, naive and totally driven by our hearts and not minds but we're just regular people. Trust me, we teenagers are not that difficult to understand. We're not acting rebellious all the time but misunderstood most of the time.

Having a strong opinion is not the same as being unreasonable.

Just because teens have been misunderstood a lot right from the beginning of time a lot is simply assumed about them. A single emotional outbreak or one moment of rage does not mean teenagers are solely driven by emotions. A single act does not define a person. Our opinions and ideas are classified under rants. We're simply not to be taken seriously by the world.

Our 'rants' may sound like just an angry teen complaining about life but if people could actually listen, not just hear, but listen to what we say and try to relate to it things would be a lot easier for both sides. Take teenagers seriously. We're not just a bunch of kids with crazy ideas but people who want to be heard.

What may sound like plain complaints are stories that together sum up the way a teenager sees the world. It's not always the hormones and emotions speaking. Rants are triggered by reasons. And when the reasons are strong enough they give rise to revolution.

-The Geek