The pressure on adolescents and teenagers to succeed in life, be skinny, be rich, be number one in their sport, and be academically talented is absurd! There is no reason that kids as young as 10 should be worried about their weight or how smart they are and whether or not they are going to get into college. The pressure is starting earlier and earlier and increasing as time goes on. Isn't there a chance to just be a kid? Make mistakes and screw up? With all of the pressure on kids they are growing up too fast and not getting a chance to experience what being a kid is all about! A 14 year old is going to learn more lessons acting like a 14 year old than acting like an 18 year old. So, are the parents to blame for this incredible pressure or the society in general? Why do kids feel the need to grow up so fast and act older but they get older and they want to be younger?
No one kid is perfect; no matter what any parent believes no child is 100% what the parent wanted. Being a talented athlete, a talented scholar, rich, and skinny is not everything that life has to offer and it is unrealistic to expect the most from every child. So, a message to parents: let kids be kids, keep them focused on school work but still allow them to experience things that kids should experience. And a message to kids: don't try to grow up too fast, savor every experience because before you know it you're looking at colleges and leaving home.
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