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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,359 posts)
Wed Apr 6, 2022, 12:59 PM Apr 2022

Here's what happens when there's a hole where adolescence should be.

Bari Weiss Retweeted

“She turned in no homework at all,” Connolly says. “I asked her, ‘What’s going on? You haven’t turned in 20 Spanish assignments,’ and she would say ‘So what?’"

What happens when there's a hole where adolescence should be:

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Not only a hole, but immense grief over what you KNOW you are missing or, rather, what adults are precluding you from experiencing. It is a triple whammy.


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Here's what happens when there's a hole where adolescence should be. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2022 OP
poor dears nt msongs Apr 2022 #1
I would imagine the 13 year olds in Ukraine are dealing with worse. BlackSkimmer Apr 2022 #2
 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
2. I would imagine the 13 year olds in Ukraine are dealing with worse.
Wed Apr 6, 2022, 04:48 PM
Apr 2022

My mother was 14 in the UK when WW2 began.

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