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Today, I saw a 13 year old girl that looked older than me. She was tall for her age yes but she had on more make-up than me and an outfit I wouldn’t even think of wearing until I was at least 18. Over the past couple of years, I’ve been seeing a lot of that. Young girls that posses a maturity about them that I didn’t have or see when I was that age. Why does it seem like young girls are in such a rush to grow up? To look older & dress sexy. Or to know what it’s like to go to clubs and party. I was still terrified to even look a boy in the eye when I was 13 haha. I’m still not that comfortable talking to boys to be completely honest but lets keep that between us hahaha. I just feel like young girls are so pressured to hurry up and grow up. I don’t know if it’s what the media feeds us that caused this affect, but I just know it was much different when I was growing up. When I was 13 I was watching “Boy Meets World” and “Saved By The Bell.” Today teens are watching shows like “The Hills” and “Gossip Girl.” Not to bash either of those shows, they’re entertaining, but they definitely influence the younger generation whether they’re meant to or not. The purpose of this blog isn’t to attack the media. It’s to remind the younger generation to embrace being young. Embrace not having to wear make-up and do your hair perfectly. Girls enjoy having silly and fun nights with your girlfriends and not worrying about boys. Boys enjoy playing video games and sports and getting dirty with your boys and not worrying about us girls. Embrace eating whatever you want and not worrying about how thin you are or aren’t. Embrace not worrying about the pressures of what society and the media says you should be or look like because I promise it will be there waiting for you even when you’re older haha. No but on a serious note…your innocence is precious. And your youth is something to celebrate! Don’t try to speed up the process. It goes much faster once you’re older so let it last and let it linger. And being an adult is great too, when it’s your time to be one. Until then…embrace your youth!
Music & Love
Dominique
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11 Responses to “Embrace Your Youth”
im nearly 14 and i wouls never wear half the things i see people my age wearing i dont get why people have to make themself look older, i think we should enjoy being young and not having to worry about things
I totally agree. Now a days, girls are eager to look years older than there actual age. It’s funny because when your young, you insist on acting grown up and dressing to look older and then when you turn 18, you wish you were a child again. I remember my Mum use to say to me “Enjoy your childhood whilst you can, you won’t be young forever and it’s good to just enjoy yourself and act your age instead of trying to be an adult.” but i always use to insist that i would never miss my childhood! Now that i’m a bit older and wiser, i wish i had listened to her to be honest because there are days when i just wish i could run aimlessly and have hours of run simply colouring in a picture of playing hide and seek. What i love about you guys, is that you are mature and certainly act you age but at the same time, you are still youthful & don’t encourage younger audiences to slap on the make up and try to act older than they are.
xo
Wise words Dominique, thanks for sharing them
Love and Support Always,
Jenny
“there are days when i just wish i could run aimlessly and have hours of run simply colouring in a picture of playing hide and seek”
Slight Spelling mistake there. Let me re write that sentence!
- there are days when i just wish i could run aimlessly and have hours of fun simply colouring in a picture or playing hide and seek
Hello,
I think a major part of this whole self appearance, and self awareness has to do with what your exposed to, and how your raised. I know when I was little my hair was constantly just in a complete frizzy afro mess, and now I am more aware of how I style things, and what I wear. But it also is because of the new technology and how much more independent children are able to become at a very young age. Independence can be a great thing but when it leads to kids getting to use the internet and listen to very vulgar songs on their Ipods(when they are only eight) it becomes problematic.
Natural maturity is completely normal, when I was six I was really like a 30 year old women. And yet I still enjoyed dressing and acting my age at the same time. I still cried when my mother told me “no” and laughed when someone burped in front of the class. But I wasn’t trying to wear push up bras, and mini skirts. WE need to learn to create a balance for the new generations – I think that’s what needs to be done.
One more unrelated thing:
We not only have the same name, but even more creepy is that my twitter name is pretty much the same as yours, not sure who had it first but…it gets really confusing for me at times. Extremely confusing! Especially when I think someone from the beach girl5 is @replying me !!!
I’m turning 15 in June and I’ve got some girls at my school they act and dress they’re like 21 or something… I always think… what are you 15, 16??? act like your age…
Are you sure I’m only 11 years to 12 now April 1, after 21 days you are celebrating a birthday, after 4 months sure Laura’s Birthday, after 5 months and 22 days, Noreen makes birthday, after 5 months and 25 days of Brooke’s Birthday, after 8 months and 14 days, Mandy His birth, five you still have a long life ahead, you’re young like me and you are very nice, and about using makeup you have strong because my colleague is younger than me she wears makeup and her strong paresco older than me, I do not like very strong make-up I think very ugly …..
Thats really true. Love you!
Blog is so true. I ask myself where the very same question everyday. My best friend is 17 and has proudly not been kissed before and I know some fourteen and fifteen year olds whhove had babies and abortions. It’s sad, so sad.
yea i agree kids r in a hurry 2 grow up but I’m sick of the media and celebs getting the blame HELLO where are the parents ? they had these frigging kids they need to raise them and monitor what they r doing wearing saying it’s not the medias job 2 play babysitter 2 these kids. that’s why we have parents teachers guidance counselors..
I understand that kids are getting in a hurry to grow up, from experience since i am 15, that they only want to grow up fast and enter the adult world is because we have so many privledges taken away from us since we are too young to do anything. Kids and Teens nowadays want to be and look like an adult thinking they will get noticed. I think they are only doing it because they are rebelling. It’s just a phase for this generation, but i think(and hope) that it will pass sooner or later…
Everytime im having a problem or something like that, and read a new blog, it has the answer i need. You guys are so awesome! cuz today i was thinking about how my friend acts and dresses, and im glad u feel the same way i do about this, even tho im 14.