Why are kids trying to seem more "mature" than they're supposed to be?

[Robert]

What you're saying about teenagers is a stereotype caused by maybe 30% of teenagers. However it does seem like kids about 8-13 are being pushed into adolescence way too early. With facebook and all its like you can't be a kid anymore. I'm only 17 and when I was 8 I went outside and played with all the other kids on my block and when it snowed we played in the snow and when it rained we stood under my tree. And I know when my brother got a nintendo gamecube he stayed in more and more. Now my 10 year old cousin sits on facebook on his iPod (which I don't even have) and plays some stupid alien game. And people want to complain about the childhood obesity rate. Today's parents of young kids need to make them go outside and exercise and do things to have actual interactions with other kids their age instead of spoiling them with cell phones and iPods and facebook. How can their brains develop if they don't learn how to write, talk to others and read books.