Well, most of you probably have one or at least know one. Maybe you even ARE one. But as generations expand, we change our views. Sure our parents say “I was once a teen, you know. I KNOW how you feel! Want to know the truth?
YOU DON’T.
When you were a teen, were you afraid to walk in front of your house?
When you were a teen, were you asked to take drugs/alcohol?
Probably not. In my case, my parents have not.
My parents always seem to think that THEY have it bad and this is the best years of our life and enjoy it, but how can we? We dont know what it’s like to be YOU. We havent been there yet so we think that this is as bad as it gets. Well, at least for some people.
One day, my mom asked me, “Are you ever depressed?”As much as I wanted to say “almost every day” I couldn’t because this is my mom I was talking about. So I told her what she wanted to hear, “NO.”
I wonder why she asked me that. Did she finally understand what I am going through? I have been harrased twice so far this year (its only Jan 9) and I have been under the pressure of being “cool” and being high and drinking. No, I have not done either of these things, since my parents have taught me what is good and what is bad, but what about the other kids in the world?
NOTE TO PARENTS: Talk to kids about depression, sex *especially sex*, drugs, alcohol, etc. to your kids/teens!!!
In the news… Just recently a girl killed herself (13 years old) due to myspace (a topic I will discuss later). To learn more, go to this link here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21844203/
——————-Rest in Peace: Megan Meier——————–
Tags: alcohol, depression, drugs, peer-pressure, suicide, teens
