Top Ten Reasons Why It Sucks to Be 12

Sure, I have difficulties with being 12, but I hardly think being 13 would be any better.

The Top Ten

  1. "Sorry, you must be at least 13 to use [website]"

    This sucks! I'm 13 now finally, but for real, when I was 12, literally every website says, "You need to be 13." Twelve-year-olds act exactly or almost like teenagers. Better than needing to be 18, I guess.

    Good thing I'm turning 14 this year. Oh, and by the way, you could always use a fake age on these sorts of sites.

  2. "Please enter your parent's email address"

    Use your own email. Parents delete these messages without reading them.

  3. No going to see a PG-13 movie by yourself

    It makes no difference apparently. Prior to my teenhood, I'd watched all genres of media aimed at different demographics and audiences. I find this restrictive limitation of freedom purposeless. If the film or movie had hyper-realistic gore and blood, that is understandable, but if not, why place the restriction in the first place?

  4. Older kids bully you

    Dear older sisters: We get it. You are now a teenager and get Facebook. Good for you. That is still not an excuse to boss us around.

    "Haha I'm born in 2005-2006. I am superior to the uncultured swines who are born in 2007-2009."

    Shut up. Your ageist attitude is no better than the apparent immaturity in those born between 2007 and 2009.

  5. People don't take you seriously

    People hardly ever take you seriously when you're a kid. I'm sick of it.

  6. The librarian won't let (or at least disapproves of letting) you get a teen/young adult/adult book.

  7. You aren't viewed as mature, responsible, or trustworthy

    I can't even have social media because my dad thinks I'm not responsible.

  8. People still call you a little kid

  9. You're going through puberty

  10. You can't drive

    I have to take my bike or roller blades everywhere.

    11. The Newcomers
  11. ?

    You have to have adult supervision for everything

    I'm old enough now. I don't need supervision for anything.

  12. ?

    You are too young to earn your own money

    13. The Contenders

  13. Adults still talk about you in front of you.

  14. You still have to order from the kid's menu at restaurants

    Dude, I'm almost 20. My dad wouldn't let me order from the Adult's menu until I turned 13.

    Not diverse and very plain, but cheap. A dilemma.

  15. You are viewed as a child

    That's because you still are one.

  16. Everyone mistakes your age.

  17. You have to go to school

  18. You're not a teen

  19. Everyone uses 12 as an insult

  20. You're in grade 6

  21. You're still a kid

  22. People see all of you as extremely immature, irresponsible and wild

    This sadly doesn't change until you turn 16 or so.

  23. You can't have sex

  24. You can't date

  25. You can't go out in the night

  26. You get depressed

  27. Sometimes you want to be a teen and sometimes you want to be a kid

    Sometimes I feel like a kid and a teen and it gets very hard to tell what I am.

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