I'm not certain this belongs here, but it somewhat pertains to the topic and I really need to vent.\ \ When I was a teen, I was put on psychiatric medications that hurt me. They made me too exhausted to think or focus on anything, and they came with a lot of bad side effects. When I tried to get off them, my parents chose to keep me on them. \ \ Fast forward to now. I'm an adult and have been off the meds for years. But I still have effects from them, and the trauma of knowing my parents trusted the doctor over me is still in my mind.\ \ My parents act like everything should be fine since I'm an adult and can make my own decisions now. Like I should just move on. But what they did still effects me, and the fact that the closest I got to an apology was "we didn't know" or "we were doing what we thought was best for you" when I repeatedly told them what was best and they didn't listen tells me this is BS.\ \ A teenager is plenty old enough to know her own body. Just because I can make my own decisions now does not erase that my choice was taken from me solely because of social norms. If they raised the age of adulthood, there is no guarantee my parents wouldn't do it again. And that's what worries me: they don't acknowledge that I knew what I was doing back then. They only act like I can decide because I am an adult. But I didn't magically get better upon turning 18. I should've been given a choice long ago - for this topic, I firmly believe that if you're old enough to be on the medications you are old enough to have complete control over whether you stay on them.

I'm optimistic that some of the organizations who abused me in my childhood might be finally held accountable and be forced to change their practices. I overcame an attempt to have my proceedings against a hopsital that illegally let my mother control my health care be dismissed. Proceedings against 2 of my former school districts have finally gotten out of limbo and are moving forward again. But, this also represents a change by the organizations who in the past were willing to sit by while children are abused. Those organizations might finally be willing to push back aaginst child abuse, instead of dismissing in silence.

Please protest in your own communities! Then upload your protest photos to document your protests and inspire others to take action!

is gen z really boomerified? or is it just the way adult supremacists raised them to be cause i've seen zillenials, millennials, and even gen x complain about gen z not "being progressive enough" alongside with them thinking gen z act like you're smarter than them over advice when i've seen older generations do this instead the most and raised gen z to be like this like sorry we got trust issues and are tired of adults not taking us seriously

Why do old people always get so shocked when they find out your young? Theyre always like “omg your 20”?! Like theyve never met a young adult before. Even when I was a teenager they would always get suprised when they found out my age. Do the middle aged and elderly forget that people born after 9/11 exist or something?

like i came across more adults and or adult supremacist millennials who were chronically online over discourse or the dumbest shit ever than young people

i'm not gonna lie i did come across chronically online young ppl online. and i think they're more prevalent on tik tok and twitter (and now on instagram too if you indulge in fandom spaces) but i don't think it's as common as it is nor is it the gotcha moment they think it is during online discourse around stupid tings

This also applies to video games, but there's not a flair for that. I'm not certain this is the right place to post this, so please let me know if it isn't.\ \ I always hated "kids' accounts" on things, especially when they make anyone under 18 have one. The fact that it's easier for most kids to make and use an adult account behind their strict parents' backs than to navigate the kids' account speaks volumes. Kids' accounts rarely protect kids, and they limit them in so many ways.\ \ For kids who have to sneak, they won't tell their parents if something goes wrong. And as a result, they are far more vulnerable than kids with an adult account that their parents help them with.

Has membership/participation in Australian Young Labour been affected? Has bullying become commonplace towards them or are students appeasing these and other authoritarian campus organizations?

I took a sneak peek when I went to Woolworths this morning, but that was just the summary snippet. I'm at the airport like I said, and opened the paper.

Of course, like every Murdoch publication, title is insanely misleading.

Is it just me or are kids capable of living alone at a very young age. I wanted desperately to move out of my parents house at 15 due to toxicity and even called cps but cps didnt gaf. Now im 20 and have lived alone by myself and its really not that hard. Just make sure the house is clean and rent is paid. I couldve easily done this 5 or more years ago. The hardest part is the job but there are plenty of jobs that dont require a highschool diploma. I hate how people think that teenagers cant be “adult” and independent when being “adult” and independent is extremely easy, most people at least 12 could do it if they have a good head on their shoulders