Reflections: The complications of growing up

by Amy Lynne

When you're a kid, an adolescent or a young adult you spend most of your time and energy on trying to fit in. You try to have the right clothes, say the right things, get in with the "in" circle of friends. The biggest str...read more

by Matthew Soo

College, family, being charged as an adult...growing up has many complications that seem to sneak up on our youth like a thief in the night. It seems like just yesterday when... I was outside with my friends playing ba...read more

by Marie Warinner

The main problem that I have found in the youth these days when it comes to the complications of growing up is that some just don't want to. The thought of having more responsibility is just mind-blowing for some people....read more

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by Madison

Today's world is complex and hard to fathom at times. I'm a grown up and even I cannot comprehend the world on certain days. Today I heard on the news that during the home invasion crime in CT that all three women were r...read more

by Sean Curtis

When you were six years old and running around on the playground, did you ever think you'd worry about interest rates? When you were in middle school passing notes with friends, did you think health care premiums would one...read more

by Jimmy Harrison

When you're a little kid people teach you the morals of life, but what if the morals they teach aren't always accurate? As I get older I'm finding out that what I've been taught could just very well be a distraction (of so...read more

by Jimmy Ettele

We all face the unenviable task of having to grow up. If life is so complicated growing up, how is it you get to do everything once you do grow up? Maybe it's reward for going through those troubled spots? Acne, 1st mens...read more

by Andrew Davies

Is Seaside Town Terminally Rhyl? It can be a worry when your MP seems to know more about you than you do about him. That was what I was faced with first thing on a Monday morning when I was greeted by Vale of Clwyd MP C...read more

by Eleonor Sagadraca

Growing up is definitely a big complication. Even before I started to realize that I need to grow up I already made a decision not to grow up. I didn't really have the typical childhood and adults were a big threat to me. ...read more

by Jessica Barrett

During your path to find where you belong in life is such a great task.Your parents teach you that stealing is wrong,and that sex is out of the question,and that even drugs are illegal.You are who determines what to do,an...read more

by Marybeth Mcnamara

Sometimes life throws so many things at you so fast that you don't know what to think of them. School. Relationships. Family and friends. Where do you begin? Right now I am going through one of the biggest life changes I'v...read more

by BreAnne Kautzky

Every child experiences different aspects of growing up. I grew up in a abusive home where drugs and alcohol were used out in the open and others grew up in homes where that wouldn't even be imaginable. As a child our ...read more

by Minh Tran

My growing-up period was rather uneventful but there are some of its troubles that leave a strong impression on me. The biggest issue was whether I should follow the principles I was taught. The older I am, the more often...read more