Lost Cause Teenager

I don't think I have ever thought that about anyone in my entire life. But then I have never met anyone as contrary as Teenager. She will outright tell you she just simply doesn't care about the outside, or anything to do with the outside and sit there moaning about how bored she is. Around here, we have trails, bike paths, parks, lakes and all kinds of things to explore. We suggested some hiking trails at a park a block away. Hiking? Ugh. Nature. Ugh. Now she is in a house full of people who are of the homesteady type so often our conversations revolve around where our food comes from, garden improvements, plans, "the outside". She rolls her eyes, huffs, and pouts. She says it is not interesting. Nail polish and how to arrange it is interesting. And then she wonders why she has no friends at school. She tells everyone how boring they are.

I sit listening to her, thinking at first everyone was just being a bit harsh on her. I listened to her figuring she needed someone to listen. And she chatters away about material things. She admits to liking only material things. ONLY HER material things. She admits to destroying gifts, electronics, etc, because someone gave them to her so she didn't care about them.

I sit there, dumb founded.

I see it now as well. This is the type of person we call a zombie. The type of person who just doesn't care one iota about the world round here, and will happily admit it.

Words of wisdom fall on deaf ears.

We can only set a good example and prep for this person too, and maybe someday she will understand that everything in the world is interconnected and it affects everything of their life whether or not they care about it.