What is wrong with kids these days? Why are they trying to grow up so fast?

[Ashley W]

You can try and blame it on the media but their not at fault! Im 14 and all i ever hear from my teachers and parents is grow up and take responsability! Teachers tell us we need to act more mature more adult like and basically act like adults! We're being forced to grow up to fast! Its bad enough kids are putting pressure on other kids about how they look and now we have to deal with the problems of the world! Its not the media! Its the adults putting to much pressure on kids! We just wanna be able to figure things out on our own instead of always being told how we should act and react!