If you have teens, or have had them, you may be able to relate to why I am up at midnight unable to sleep, no grown up in my life to share this moment with right now so I instead will turn my thoughts to the random abyss I call cyberspace. Teens suck. Teens suck because no matter how many times we assure them that we have been there, right there in their shoes, they feel the need to argue about the differences in our time/space realities. How we could not possibly have experiences similar to theirs when we grew up pre-Internet, pre cell phones, in a time and place where kids got warnings for things instead of adult consequences. And that part is true. Things were different for us but there are still basic adolescent experiences that transcend most time/space warps. They suck because they refuse to believe that when we say no to things or put limitations around things, it isn't because we don't trust them or we are strict or we just want to keep them from growing up. And they suck because, really? That last part IS true. But mostly it's because we want to protect them. Becoming an adult is not all its cracked up to be. It brings harsh realities and tough choices and ...

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