Growing up unheard: The truth behind teenage ‘attitude’ and ‘mood swings’

Growing up unheard: The truth behind teenage ‘attitude’ and ‘mood swings’

“Teenagers are dramatic.”“It’s just a phase.”“They’ll grow out of it.”Being a teenager sometimes means having your emotions questioned before they are even understood. Frustration is dismissed as “attitude”, sadness becomes “mood swings”, anger becomes “phase” and exhaustion is labelled “laziness”.Thus, for parents, teenage can often seem difficult to understand or manage as they navigate the…

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‘Driver saw them sitting on tracks’: Maharashtra teens run over by train; were wearing headphones | India News – The Times of India

‘Driver saw them sitting on tracks’: Maharashtra teens run over by train; were wearing headphones | India News – The Times of India

NASHIK: Two teens sitting on railway tracks with their headphones on were mowed down by the Ahmedabad-Howrah Express train near Paldhi village in Maharashtra‘s Jalgaon district on Sunday.The deceased – Prashant Khairnar and Harshavardhan Nannavare – were aged between 16 and 17 and lived in Mahatma Phule Nagar, police said. The accident occurred around 11am.“The…

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