selfish and irresponsible devil children

The biggest challenge for teenagers is learning how to be unselfish. We are all caught up in our own schedules. We zone out when our parents tell us to run the smallest errand for them. The sad part of this is we remember when it is too late. Our parents are already disappointed (or worse don't care). We as teenagers may hear our parents yelling at us because:

• we forgot to mail some really important package that had to be across the country today
• we have fallen asleep in the shower (yes, blame me for GA's drought)
• we left the milk out all night long
• we didn't put the clothes in the dryer
• we forgot to call our grandparents back
• we didn't do the dishes
• we have missed too many days of school already
• we haven't given much thought to college or our future in general

but we never really listen to them. After our memory has failed us or or selective hearing has succeeded, we franticly search for an excuse that will satisfy the fire breathing dragon. Ocassionally we pull some weak excuse out our ass, but it never hits. The only excuse that will justify our behavior, our parents won't accept. We are teenagers and we are selfish by nature.