yeah i think about this at times, they wuz a lot more responsible at tha same age i am now, they had a house, kids, cars, and worked all day
i live in an apartment, go out on tha town on weekends, with no job, damn... i ain't shyt
the difference is that when our parents were kids there was no concept of the "teenager" that didn't come about until after the ww2 veterans came home and started having children (depends how old your parents are in this case I guess).
After highschool it was the real world for 90% of people, most didn't go to college.
Yea they had to mature quick but they also missed out on a lot of fun that comes with being young.
Enjoy your fukking time people. Someday you're going to be looking back thinking how about your glory years wishing you could go back.