What’stheMatterwithKidsToday?DearMichelleWhycan’tmydaughtermanageherlifebetter?Sheis17andatopstudentbutsheseemstobewastingherlifeawaywithaboyfriendwhoisholdingherback.Heuses

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What’s the Matter with Kids Today?

Dear Michelle

Why can’t my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and a top student but she seems to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back. He uses up every waking minute of her precious time and smooth-talk(对花言巧语) her as well.

His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice not her choice and because his grades are lower his choices will be limited.

I want to save her but she pushes me away and shuts me out. She has only brought us pride and joy and now this! Help!

A worried mother

Dear Mother of a 17-year-old girl

“Hmm…. What’s the matter with kids today?” Remember that song from Bye Bye Birdie ?

Well if you do not let me fill you in about teenagers and their life-management skills. Do not expect too much too soon because at the young age of 17 life-management is not within their reach nor should it be. Both the conditions and the skills for life-management result from life experience and if management goes before experience there would be little of it.

Your daughter is a top student for good reasons. She is smart and studies with intelligence and you have given her good values.

When the time comes for her to choose her college and she visits the ones that were designed for students at the top of their game she will most probably break away from her boyfriend’s influence.

Few top students would change their life path just because of puppy love(早恋).

That being said there might be some childish wisdom in what she is doing after all.

Perhaps she is choosing to worry you her parents for the reason that she does not know herself. Being such a good girl and being always a source of joy might have become a bit too much for her.

Let your daughter have her own private moment of 11^th grade rebellion. It’s not unreasonable for her to break from perfection.

Michelle

56. From the mother’s letter we know that the 17-year-old girl ____.

A. is staying with the boy day and night B. wants to stay with the boy at college

C. is falling behind in her studies D. does not like to talk with her mother

57. According to Michelle a 17-year-old girl is too young to ____.

A. fall in love B. have life-management skills

C. fail life-management problems D. experience anything

58. Michelle seems to believe the 17-year-old girl will finally ____.

A. come up with the right decision B. be persuaded by her boyfriend

C. take her mother’s advice D. make her boyfriend follow her choice

59. By saying “childish wisdom” Michelle means the girl might be trying to show her parents that she _____.