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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I watched it and it didn't interest me that much.  It reminded me of "Kids," set forward in time around 25 years.   I didn't feel like it was saying much new or interesting.[/quote]
This. And it also is soooo tired when every incarnation of this story gets told and people are up in arms about "parents need to wake up and this is what life is like for teens". Nope, for a segment yes. But not even close to the majority. Teens are actually DELAYING risky behaviors in the last few decades. We should be far more scared of the online witch hunts and bullying fodder..that's what's really going on with the majority not kids and bearing out upticks in teen suicides, depression, etc.  This is very much not reality on any scale.[/quote]

You’re in denial. Just last year a student at Whitman died while drunk when leaving a house party containing students underage drinking. I’ve coached teens and have been told about parties involving drugs and alcohol. In the school I coached, there were several incidents involving students having sex in the school. During a county wide coaches meeting we were told to check water bottles for alcohol. Maybe your child is sitting at home not involved but there are plenty of teens involved in this lifestyle. And there are plenty of parents who would be shocked at what their child is doing. [/quote]

Plenty, yes. But statistics don't bear out your argument in a meta sense. My college roommate was sneaking vodka in water bottles to her fancy girls school in the 90s. This shit isn't new. What I'm guessing has happened is that the risky behaviors have probably become heightened and younger for those who do them, but they have declined overall. Euphoria is definitely a highly stylized, fictionalized version of reality for a minority of kids. [/quote]

Believe what you want. I have had actual experience and interaction with teens. It’s easier to believe kids are innocent for your own sanity. [/quote]

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