Why are kids/teens in movies/tv SO TERRIBLE?

These writers are doing a disservice to the kids of the world. I mean terrible ones do exist (I blame the parents for not establishing rules and teaching manners early on), but a lot of kids are just normal kids. Not rude, selfish little angst pigs the way they're portrayed in movies. 🙄

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Colonelmustardseed · 41-45

I suppose the movie industry needs to make things exaggerated and overly dramatic in order to make it entertaining. Otherwise, it’d just be bickering over silly things, or moments of hanging out with one another without saying anything, or staring at their screens. 😅

JimboSaturn · 56-60, M

@Colonelmustardseed A bunch of kids sitting in their rooms motionless staring at a screen is not entertaining :P

Colonelmustardseed · 41-45

@JimboSaturn Exactly.

DearAmbellina2113 · 41-45, F

@Colonelmustardseed teens don't need to be angsty and rude and spoiled to be entertaining in a movie. Look at any John Hughes movie- the kids are all pretty cool unless they're the "bully" character. These days, ALL the kids are the "bully" character.

JimboSaturn · 56-60, M

@DearAmbellina2113 Lol, my high school just had normal kids, there were no characters like that.

Colonelmustardseed · 41-45

@DearAmbellina2113 Then I suppose writers have decided that kids and teens make convenient “bad guys.”