Dr Boyd: Teenagers

In this article they are talking about a 34-year-old woman named Dr. Danah Boyd. She was stating that us teenagers really don’t have as much freedom. Adults are very over protective. Not jus over there children but over everyone’s children. Like why does the school district block certain websites? She also said that the death percentage is actually less then from when she was younger. Dr. Boyd said when she was younger, 13 of he classmates passed away. Some form overdoses, suicides, accidents and murder. Dr Boyd mentioned that kids go online and say the things they say for attention. They write depressing/suicide song lyrics for an ex boyfriend to see, not actually to kill their selves. When she was younger she said “I would spend my teenage nights talking to strangers online, realizing there were other smart kids out there” see me, I would never do something like that. Unless I know you, I wouldn’t really say anything to you. I like this topic. The reason I like it is because she really understands us teens. Even though she is 34 years old doesn’t mean anything. Dr. Boyd was a teenager before, so that’s why I'm not understanding why our parents don’t understand what we are doing and why we do it. I’m actually glad that she wrote this article. Maybe more adults/parents would read it. This article did make me wonder. It made me wonder about parents/adults, like do they remember when they were teenagers and the stuff they did. Like parents now a days really expect their kids to be perfect. But they have to realize, its no such thing as perfect! Nobody’s perfect, and no one will ever be.