Well, Nanci, you said it, my friend. Christel is about my age (30)…..the idea of having teenage kids is ludicrous.
I know soaps do soras kids, but, please; do it within reason!!
I missed yesterday’s show….but, today, I could not even concentrate on the story because I couldn’t get past the unbelievable.

Lots of fast-forwarding I think 🙂

Same thing with nuPhyllis and her son Daniel, Kay.
Good thing Michael Graziadei is off the show…he looks older than Gina ( whose character is supposedly a grandmother to a three-year old).

Excellent comment, Mary. Took the words right out of my mouth…especially when compared to Faith! It just was not necessary.

Just goes to show how boring even the writers believe Cane and Lily are that they need to prop them by aging their even more boring kids.

Hi, Faith was actually born in 2006 and then Reed was 2007 then the twins 2010. The writers have messed this up so badly that I don’t think they can fix it. I’ve been watch since it started. And I do not look forward to thevSORAS stage of the kids on this soap. I hope they recast Faith or it be be ridiculous. Although I will miss Alyvia Alin Lind. She is a great little actress.

agreed 90%…although i dont mind summer teen stories if they re done right. i cant see shaggy holding my attention this summer. i do like kendall though.
jordans the pitts…why would nt they bring back tyler who has history with lily and mariah and who is always nice to look at!!!
besides the dina and ash story , y n r is laking any major excitement…
the flashback of ash crying to vic about her bio dad and dina was so nice to see. im enjoying the vic / ash scenes. however it just reminded me of how crappy the new newman ranch and background music are currently. the gorgeous melodys playing from the old scores and the rich newman ranch makes the new cheap stuff look and sound embaressing in comparison and pales

I wanted Pratt gone, but now I am kicking myself. This is the most ridiculous SORAS’ing I have ever seen on a soap.

This is cute. I really don’t have a problem with it because I need more Winters on my TV screen. Thanks Y&R team.

Yes be careful, Summer could be like Rumpelstiltskin say her name and she might reappear– Yikes– LOL

Everything you said, T. Especially Cane—I cringe when I see him. My hair stands on end.
And, Fake Fillis ( love the alliteration) needs to act her age, instead of gallivanting around the country chasing after ‘Budger Billy’, who thinks with the reproductive side of his brain, in constant phallic condition.
Then there’s Jack. I do not condone what Billy and Phyllis did; but Jack needs to come down his high horse. He did indulge in the pleasure of Jill’s insatiable arms while she was still martied to his father, John. Now, he is doing the hanky-panky with Gloria…another one of his step-mamas. Yuck!!
So, C’mon, writers…change the language. For real, Mommy???? As my son would say. LOL.

I have never been a fan of the “teen scene” and you would think, that TPTB would see from comments/posts (on other shows) that the dynamic never works. Longtime viewers don’t want to see this crap. While I don’t mind Reed so much, I don’t need to see him engulfed in a teen storyline. I think Mattie is adorable; but, the casting of Charlie, my God, what a total punk and the kid needs more acting lessons. Again, I don’t care to see these “wet behind the ears” kids acting on the cafeteria stage in my living room. The onslaught of having to hear how beautiful Lily is, now from her studious daughter, is just nauseating. Give it a rest.

Yeah, T, beyond boring. Why all these teens, suddenly? As someone said, what happens to Faith? I’d not be too happy if we her—such a good, little actress.
I could scream!!!! I thought Cane’s smugness would soon be over and he’d be off the show with that condemning flashdrive. But, no–that was some save!!
I think Cane suffers from short torso-long legs syndrome—weird body and posture.

Ha ha ha! Funny, Tim.
I have to agree about Jordan. He cannot act and he sucks the oxygen out of the room.
I do like Reed, however, and think he will be a hit with teenage girls. He has that look girls in that age bracket go for.
I also like Tessa a lot.
But why oh why do they introduce duds like Jordan to the screen while keeping that other dud, Devon on front and center while Kevin has to go?
Kevin is a super interesting character played by an extremely talented actor. Plus, he has a history on Y&R.

I’m tired of the Scott character. His casting is as ridiculous as the Ashby twins. He looks as old as Lauren. And the storyline with him and Sharon is ridiculous. That would make him young enough to be her son. But he looks as old as her too. The one thing positive about the Maddie actress is that she does look like Lily. Unfortunately Charlie doesn’t look like anyone. He certainly does not look biracial.

Linda, I agree but Maddie and Charlie are sophomores in high school, they’re not in college.

Hi, April,
They did age Victoria and Nick, when they returned from boarding school. The difference is; Nikki/Melody was in her mid/late thirties, (1994) I believe….and Victor has always been old. LOL.

You are so right. I think the intent of Ashley and Ravi was supposed to be excitement. All it has been is a snooze fest. He’s turned into her meditation coach and therapist. What fun is that for a young kid?

I was thinking exactly the same thing, Newmanwins.
As an educator, I would love to have these kids in a classroom atmosphere…oh, let’s say, Health and Sex Ed class. You know, ‘a day in the life of a teen’….
It seems these kids have no purpose except for petty, catty mean girls and drooling boys hanging out.
Yes, of course, they need to do that—it’s natural to want to ‘mingle’, but, I’d love to see more prductivity.
If teen are to be introduced and pudhed into a storyline, then, I feel, it is the writers’ responsibility to portray the teens in a more productive light, instead of burdening them and us with the typical, ‘snotnose’ squirts.
By the way: your last remark has me in stitches. Hilarious. AGREED. And, please, I have had enough of Tessa; Nikki catering to her; Chelsea looking for Chloe; Nick tailing her etc.
But, what sticks most to the craw is Cane. This guy has the charisma of a tick. Can’t shake him off!!

Newmanwins…you are so RIGHT ON!!!!! If those Y&R writers think that us longtime Y&R viewers wanna watch suddenly teenaged Charlie and Maddie and those TRULY ANNOYING teenage girls all summer long…well, then those Y&R writers are TOTAL IDIOTS!!!!! NO WAY, JOSE!!!!!

Later.

RE: DAYS –

They aged Theo and Ciara and they are big duds.

Nothing tops DAYS teen scene and how inexperienced those kid are; dreadful! They can barely spit out their lines while looking at each other. It’s awful. The girl that plays Ciara is the absolute worst and TPTB gave her a rape storyline. Way too heavy of a storyline for her to play. They are the reason that I don’t watch the show anymore. It’s beyond awful!

You are so correct!

The times have changed as far as watching network TV yet the executives keep thinking doing the same thing (summer teen scene) and hoping for a different result (more younger viewers) is going to magically happen.

I got news for them, the young people watch TV on their phones, etc. They do not watch network TV when there is HBO, etc. to watch, but how many teens actually watch TV and not just Instagram these days? Meanwhile lets just go and tick off the LOYAL viewers we already have because they are not the cool people we want.

It’s disgusting.

Helen…EXACTLY!!!!! In terms of TV viewing, I’m ALREADY dreading the summer months. Yikes.

Take care, Helen.

Kids/Teens are into their ipads and watching Netflix, they are not even interested or even heard of soaps!

Lily didn’t give birth to her twins. She had a surrogate–Mackenzie.

If they are looking to cut expenses because they can’t pay their top actors, then cut all of the recurring characters, the teen scene, and the newbies from the budget. Focus on the legacy characters that the longtime viewers want to see, and friendships, relationships, and real-life stories, not this crap.

Perfectly states, Iakovos…
You’re right, we are used to the kids “growing like weeds” on our soaps. It’s the parents’ youth that we have a hard time accepting. And, it was do unexpected. I was stunned and unprepared.
Am I the only one who was not aware? Was it announced beforehand?

Through the summer, su? Well, these writers must be a bit short-sighted. What happens in the fall? The twins will go back to age seven?
Dumb move , all around. Foolish, is right, su.

Y&R has been the one show I don’t FF through some scenes. But with the totally
ridiculous aging of the Ashby twins, and the “mean girls” bit, there is going to be plenty of FF-ing this year. I can only dream that one day the ad agencies (that actually run everything!) will stop forcing these dopey teens down our throats and wake up to the fact that using all generations is far better. I can only see it’s just a matter of time before Lily & Cane become grandparents. Yeck!!

Good one, Ashleigh!!

My wife hooked me but quit watching because of stupid story lines.

This is so ridiculous. Charlie is a child one day the next he’s making out with Zoey