#(assuming you choose to engage with it at all. this shit is absolutely not mandatory and has nothing to do w/ being an 'adult')

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

to whatever teenager needs to hear this:

statistically your generation is having less underage sex & drinking less & doing fewer drugs & generally making better choices than your parents’ generation

the shit you see on tv is just a bunch of middle-aged tv producers (who should know better) sexualizing you & projecting onto your age group. 

do your best not to internalize it as normal (it’s not!), and absolutely call them on their bullshit. 

#not a shitpost #serious post #sex cw #drug mention #alcohol mention #if you are on the fence about experimenting with sex/drugs/alochol #i really really do recommend you consider waiting a few years #you can avoid so so much harm by just giving yourself a few years to develop and learn and grow before you start exploring that stuff #it will still be waiting for you when you're older #and i promise you will enjoy sex & alcohol a lot more if you wait until you are better prepared and know how to engage safely #(assuming you choose to engage with it at all. this shit is absolutely not mandatory and has nothing to do w/ being an 'adult') #but seriously. the adults in your life have NOT prepared you enough or provided you w/ a safe enough environment... #...for you to be able to try these things without there being serious risks to your wellbeing & health & future #you deserve better than that. please please please take care of yourself as best you can #i consider the main goal of adolescence to be surviving it with as little trauma and damage as possible #(easier said than done) because we absolutely end up spending our early adulthood recovering from that shit