Is it super naive of me to think maybe it's not inevitable that tweens become mindless trend-automata and totally lose all sense of self and relation to folks they love just because they're tweens? Like, that feels really stereotypical and like giving up on the amazing capacity kids have? And like giving up on trying to communicate? It makes me a bit sad. Like, maybe I just have no concept, because the youth I work with are 13+ and the kids in my personal life are under 7, but...seriously?
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