Teenage and its Dilemmas

Being a teenager is difficult. As a kid, I always wanted to be a teenager, but now that I am a teenager, it almost feels dreadful. People don’t understand me anymore. Everything has changed, and most of all, I have changed. Alone time is what you need the most when you are a teenager and no one is even trying to understand you. Parents think it is hard to raise a child, but it is the hardest to be a teenager.

Shyness is the worst thing that can happen to any teenager. It’s the most terrible experience to be asked to sing a song in front of others and you are sweating in fear. Then there’s living up to the expectations of your parents. As a kid, I was carefree and relaxed all the time, but like I said, everything has changed now.
At school, when I look at the more popular and cooler girls than me joking and laughing with boys, I feel jealous. I know I can never be like them, so I try not to bother. Beauty is nothing without brains.

I had recently taken up the ‘hobby’ of standing in front of the mirror for hours and wondering about my own beauty. My parents found a way of putting a full stop to it. “You are standing in front of the mirror for hours, isn’t the mirror big enough to show you that you’re getting fatter day by day?”

The most horrible day of the year is the day when the exam results are declared. The same, “We don’t care even if you get a zero, we love you and the most important thing is to learn”, comes from the mouth of every parent. But if I do get a B grade in Science or any other subject, it will be the end of me and my happiness for the next few days!

If you are a teenager or nearing your thirteenth birthday… good luck, my friend!