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Old Jan 12, 2011, 10:46 AM
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It's taboo and definitely a way to "stand out" from the other girls. There's no experience there with thinking things through and consequences, etc. I think a lot of what we tell kids sounds good to us but is more or less meaningless to them because of lack of years or experience.

Think of the simple belief, "it can't happen to me" and how that has changed for yourself over the years from when you were a child through young adult to older adult. Even when you're in junior high/high school, the concept of getting a job and working for a living, living on your own and having your own life makes no real sense; I was twenty years old before I "understood" and it immediately sent me into therapy because I couldn't deal with the concept! Most young children on the playground aren't thinking about how they can fall off the jungle gym and crack open their head; my grandson fell from a zip line in a neighbor's yard when his mother was right there supervising and broke his arm. Who knows what the size concept of the Internet/Web coupled with a cell phone means to a young girl?
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