It's so sad! It nearly breaks my heart.

Please don't cry. Sometimes very worthwhile discussions get lost in the mire of so many. It is very sad. I am very interested in teen advocacy and the future of our children. I am going to go check out your other discussion now. The best way to insure that you reach people are to build up your friends list with folks that have the same interests as you. It really helps. Welcome to myLot, and please don't be to discouraged...we need more discussions and posters that have merit and will inform and help others.

Sometimes really great postings do get lost somewhere and for that I am sooooo sorry. I am very interested in your topic. I think anyone with a child(ren) should be as well. I have a 9 month old daughter and I know she will be a teen someday (scary thought).

Well I have faith that their are fellow mylotters out there that are interested but, it's true with so many discussions it's not easy to just stumble across them. I hope that my moving this ahead will catch someones attention..lol At least there are discussions listed below this one.. It all has to do with what tags are placed on a discussion. I think it's the word teens that brought up those beneath here.

I missed it too I think. Good discussions do often get lost. I check my friends list several times a day but I still keep missing a lot. I'll go check out your other discussion as soon as I'm done here. We've been having a lot of trouble with my s/o's oldest son. He's almost 17 so this kind of topic really is important to me.

dont be sad hun. i have a disscussion that no one has replied to as well and i know there are people here that the subject fits real well with. i worry about teens today. i have a 12 year old girl that i worry about. i see so many kids that need someone to talk to and pay just alittle attention to them. then i see so many others that get to much attention. then there are those that get everything they want but dont get the attention and dont relize it is something they want. back when my grandparents were teens they were like adults today. today though teens have all the thoughts , ideas, availiablity of an adult but are not taught to think like an adult alot of times so therefore they have a hard time making good choices. there are so many teens that there parents were just babies and not ready to be a mom that when they are teens the parents are acting like teens. it is scarey what some kids go through. i think about it though and kids have always went through this stuff just in different ways. it just wasnt as opened and reported like in todays times. i wish when i was a teen someone would of stepped up and been like a parent to me or even cared so i try to do that for teens today that i come across.

I work at a child advocacy center. I went on a home visit last week to a 16 yr old's house. She has a 4 month old baby girl. I took her some clothes for the baby. This girl is definitely at risk and has been her whole life. Now she has had a baby and the baby is in the same position that she is in. They are adorable kids, but that is the prob, they are both kids. A child raising a baby. I deal with this issue everyday. Teens at risk. Cutting is real bad among teens. Any ideas or comments on that?

Sorry I missed that. Otherwise your topic was really very eminent in todays scenario.