Dear Adults,

Please stop being so condescending.

We're kids. We mess up. We fight, we disagree, we laugh too loud, we're inappropriate. We're selfish. We're overemotional...

We are kids.


So how about, instead of yelling at us and giving us more rules every time we show our age, you stand there and advise us, love us, and forgive us.

Because I am so sick of being talked down too. I am so sick of being robbed of my freedom. I understand some of the rules, but a lot of them that you just throw at us on the fly, I don't. We are a generation of thinkers, of doers, of speakers; you cannot silence us.

We will not be tied down. We will not be bound to the path you choose. I am bound to one path; God's, and who are you to say that it is not my own?

The world is different, and we are different. No, we are not like you were when you were our age. We are more.

Because more is expected out of us. We are expected to look good, feel good, do good, and be good all the time. So no wonder we always look bad, feel bad, and act bad; we could never reach the high standards you hold.

But no, it must be our fault. Something is wrong with us. Something is wrong with our generation.

Well, before you say that, turn around and take a look at who raised us.

Sincerely,
A Concerned Youth