~9. Depression. (And a surprising number of teens have been affected, either by having it or knowing someone else with it, myself included).~
Oh, yes. That seems to be a much bigger issue lately than I had ever realized before. Another thing that seems to be springing up (in my neck of the woods, at least) is homosexuality, bisexuality. A LOT of 'experimenting' seems to be going on, even if it's not with me. It's actually kind of sad, since a lot of the teens have so many things in common (father/mother that they don't like/ran away etc..., therefore think that male/female relationships aren't very good).
And with all the worldly issues going on...well, I guess only those who take the time to read really understand them. Everyone else just pretends to understand everything and wear 'Down with Bush; he looks like an ape' shirts. *headdesk* That's an entirely different subject, though. ;)
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~9. Depression. (And a surprising number of teens have been affected, either by having it or knowing someone else with it, myself included).~
Oh, yes. That seems to be a much bigger issue lately than I had ever realized before. Another thing that seems to be springing up (in my neck of the woods, at least) is homosexuality, bisexuality. A LOT of 'experimenting' seems to be going on, even if it's not with me. It's actually kind of sad, since a lot of the teens have so many things in common (father/mother that they don't like/ran away etc..., therefore think that male/female relationships aren't very good).
And with all the worldly issues going on...well, I guess only those who take the time to read really understand them. Everyone else just pretends to understand everything and wear 'Down with Bush; he looks like an ape' shirts. *headdesk* That's an entirely different subject, though. ;)