Teens : why do they hate everything ✨
She was always a happy very outgoing person until #Covid19
her ADHD and anxiety have been at a peak and I’m not sure if we are just going to keep being so stressed.
She starts high school in the fall and I hope and pray she finds her little tribe and can be herself again. But I still worry about her. How do you survive #teenage years
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I worked with teenagers in the past. And this age is a very hard time. This stage is all about identity and independence. Who am I? What does hanging out with these people say about me? I am a teenager now, I don’t need my mom telling me to do xyz. Teens tend to make decisions that don’t make sense because they’ve beve