Probably an unpopular opinion but i think teenagers have it worse now than most generations did before then. We had malls. We had parks and libraries. There were spaces for them to be in when home-life was hell.
But now, on top of Covid still spreading, monthly live active shooter drills, being chased out of parks for loitering, malls shutting down because people don't have that kind of money anymore, libraries running out of funding. They're being treated worse than anyone else because they don't have rights.
And when they turn 18, have stunted social skills, no prospects in life, we're creating another generation of failed souls, And doomed by the social narrative that teens should neither be seen nor heard. We owe them more than this. You cannot neglect a seedling crop, only for you to plant them into the ground and expect the largest crop that you've ever seen.
Don't get me wrong, fuck facebook, twitter, and TikTok, but these social platforms are sadly the only places they have left. And even then, we need to think of a better way other than blocking teens from everything. Maybe a teen-only social platform or something? We're failing them at every direction.
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