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[xp_jubilee]

So, did I miss something? Have teenager vs adult lines been drawn?

I'm pretty sure the Prof. is doing his 'letting people do their thing' non-interference thing he does but seriously.

When I came here I was one of the worst, most horrible brats you've ever encountered. If it weren't for the adults and a whole mess of help and forgiveness I'd be dead.

We don't gotta be all lovey but like, having kids feel like they're ignored or not wanted is a total power keg of bad decisions waiting to happen.

We gotta find a way to live here and with them without goin' mad, right?

Anyone got any thoughts?

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[xp-angel.livejournal.com]

I love everyone.

Everyone doesn't love me.

That being said -- I have no real comment. I'm myself at almost all times. Sure, I'm highly inappropriate, and I should probably walk around with a disclaimer, but kids don't bother me. They're amusing, with their emotions and acne.

[x-blink.livejournal.com]

I agree. It's uncool. It's awkward though, at least for me being a non-teachery type but older and stuff. ugh. I don't feel older.

if you were a horrible brat, what was I? ....don't answer that.

[x-jeangrey.livejournal.com]

Many of them have already been shut out before they came here and ostracized. Doing the same doesn't help. I think doing more activities with them and trying to talk to them on their level might be good. A lot of things have happened at once recently and tensions are high. A way to diffuse the tension would be nice...like perhaps some sort of event everyone can participate in?

I mean...I'm not a teacher, but I can understand what they're going through. It makes them not want to trust us when something goes wrong.

[x-adrienne.livejournal.com]

People who want to be mentors and family members to the kids here, feel free. Good for you.

I, for one, do not. Been there, done that. Done the teacher thing. Been burned too many times, mainly by the vast majority of my students dying. I want nothing to do with these kids and I should feel like I have the option to NOT engage with them, particularly when they're calling me rude in my own journal, if I so choose.

Last I heard, this place was basically a boarding house to keep mutants safe. I signed no contract to be responsible for or mentor teenagers when I moved in here. Forcing adults into positions of authority and responsibility over kids when they don't wish to get close to them is not going to work well for anyone involved.

But if the stipulations of my living here are changing and I'm going to be forced to act like I want kids involved in my life when I don't, bring it on. I've got a penthouse I can go live at instead.

[x-dagger.livejournal.com]

As I am currently in England at the moment and have been busy these past few weeks, I did not really notice it until know.

It does seem that some adults don't want to be the whole mentor thing. However, that seems to be impossible given the circumstances.

Kids will look up to adults even if the adults don't want them too. Sorry, that comes with the territory of living so close together. Also, these kids are mostly likely struggling on their own and to feel like they are unwanted is probably worse.

If Adults want to do their own thing, good for them they should. But don't make the kids feel unwanted, that could only led to bad things. I should know, I had a mother who didn't give two shits about me and I ran away.