Thats a great post Tomi!! I agree 100%. Teens who are having problems come here to be heard just as any of us do. Their need isnt any less than mine. I remember once the youngest daughter of my gf having a bad day and someone telling her that her problems wernt that big in the grand scheme of things. Her response? "They are to me though". Such a simple response but it brought back all the chaos and anxiety of being a teenager and made me realize that just cause it didnt seem like a huge problem to my parents, didnt mean it wasnt for me. People give allowances to pregnent women because of raging hormones and yet teenagers oft times get none of such considerations.

I also agree that lots of us here had parents. What a wonderful chance to react to teens how we would have wanted to be reacted to when we were feeling upset. To be heard and validated is a powerful thing.