http://jules.dailygrommet.com/2007/06/14/irish-teenagers-are-in-it-for-the-long-haul/ I'm the Founder and CEO of Daily Grommet, an online marketplace for inventive consumer products. And the birthplace of Citizen Commerce. I write about design, cultural anthropology, and start-ups, mostly. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:17:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://jules.dailygrommet.com/2007/06/14/irish-teenagers-are-in-it-for-the-long-haul/#comment-317 julespieri Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:08:28 +0000 http://julespieri.wordpress.com/2007/06/14/irish-teenagers-are-in-it-for-the-long-haul/#comment-317 Nice to have these theories checked out by someone who knows what she is talking about. Thanks Sadhbh. Nice to have these theories checked out by someone who knows what she is talking about. Thanks Sadhbh.

]]> http://jules.dailygrommet.com/2007/06/14/irish-teenagers-are-in-it-for-the-long-haul/#comment-316 Sadhbh Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:51:45 +0000 http://julespieri.wordpress.com/2007/06/14/irish-teenagers-are-in-it-for-the-long-haul/#comment-316 I agree with you on lots of points, especially that Irish families are more family-centred. From my experiance we treat the development of children as something that will happen naturally as we go about our daily business and everything will sort itself out, while American families seem to put a lot more attention to raising their children according to strategies and worry more about how the kids will turn out. In general, Irish teenagers have a lot of respect for their parents (though in the early teens some won't admit it). They may disagree, but ultimately they are grateful for the relative ease of their lives. I find that the relationship between Irish parents and children is a lot less formal than that between American parents and children. Though i think that American parents are perhaps better at listening to their children and helping them with problems. I agree with you on lots of points, especially that Irish families are more family-centred. From my experiance we treat the development of children as something that will happen naturally as we go about our daily business and everything will sort itself out, while American families seem to put a lot more attention to raising their children according to strategies and worry more about how the kids will turn out.
In general, Irish teenagers have a lot of respect for their parents (though in the early teens some won’t admit it). They may disagree, but ultimately they are grateful for the relative ease of their lives. I find that the relationship between Irish parents and children is a lot less formal than that between American parents and children. Though i think that American parents are perhaps better at listening to their children and helping them with problems.

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