I recently had cause to make almost the same comment on a completely different post. One of the few true regrets I have is that I did not do more to help a friend who was in an abusive relationship our senior year of high school. I don't know that I could have helped her more than I did, and I don't blame myself for what happened, but I do think that if anyone had given me the novel idea that it was okay to take myself, my friends, and our problems seriously before the age of 22 I would have tried harder. Bullshit about physical brain development (which is fantastically plastic, but which probably hasn't changed that much in the past couple thousand years) aside, we do teenagers a disservice both by sheltering them, and by telling them they're sheltered and letting them believe that life doesn't start until later.
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One of the few true regrets I have is that I did not do more to help a friend who was in an abusive relationship our senior year of high school. I don't know that I could have helped her more than I did, and I don't blame myself for what happened, but I do think that if anyone had given me the novel idea that it was okay to take myself, my friends, and our problems seriously before the age of 22 I would have tried harder.
Bullshit about physical brain development (which is fantastically plastic, but which probably hasn't changed that much in the past couple thousand years) aside, we do teenagers a disservice both by sheltering them, and by telling them they're sheltered and letting them believe that life doesn't start until later.