Juvenile Stereotypes

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In today’s competitive society, children are most forced to grow up quickly. However, in these times it's not like it was one hundred years ago, where kids, at an age as early as seven had to go work in a factory. In these times,especially if you live in a very civilized, up to date, and more importantly a very competitive area, such as the one we live in called, Silicon Valley, kids are almost forced to unlock their true potential. In fact, during the summer of my seventh grade year, my father was already giving me constant SAT workbooks on my bed. When I got them I was thinking to myself “Hey dad I think i got a few more years left, before doing this.” I understand that this gesture was just the work of a father's care, but i believe because we live in a very industrial and advanced age …show more content…
Not to mention, since children these days are exposed to a vast amount of research they're also able to access lots of information, and as a result we are able to extend their boundaries of knowledge. In fact, a few years ago, i heard of a senior in high school that was able to build an app, that yahoo bought for 13 billion dollars. As a result of this, society as well as are parents are trying to push us so that we can achieve such high levels of mater. Society is pushing us because, the close our society increases in wealth and evolution, the closer the smaller the limit is for kids to get out of their house and start working. The reason for this, is because the present society is so eager to answer the questions they have failed to respond to in accuracy. Everyone is eager to find out what’s next,and because of their fear that they have where they feel like they’re running out of time, they feel pressured into sending the next battalion of troops, or the youth, to go and fight their battles. The battles begin the questions that they have failed to

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