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So last night while I was surfing all the NaDruBloDa participants, (and the links at their sites) I came across this story that made me want to slap someone really bad. Unfortunately I don’t remember where I was when I read it. I clicked a link and ended up at this article and didn’t remember to go back to keep track of whose blog led me to it. It made me that mad.

Here’s the thing.

In the course of raising three children, I’ve been witness to a host of serious problems that teenagers go through and what I find so alarming is that while I can only recall from my own years as a teenage girl, as many with serious issues such as anorexia, bulimia, drugs, cutting, etc. as I can still count on my fingers, our own little world has seen a plethora of teens with serious and life-threatening issues.

I’ve lost count of the girls (and some boys as well) that we personally know of, who have struggled with or are still struggling with issues like attempted suicide, serious (and life threatening) drug abuse, alcoholism, anorexia, bulimia, cutting, depression and the like. I’ve lost count of how many girls I’ve personally seen, who are so thin from anorexia or bulimia, that it’s frightening. I’ve lost count of how many teens I personally know who cut themselves or harm themselves in other ways.

I admit, there have been times over the last few years, that I’ve felt personally overwhelmed with not knowing how we as a society can turn back this clock.

So finding the pictures below, and reading the article made me so angry I wanted to hurt people. What the hell is wrong with people these days? The artcle explains that the model in the first photo was critcized for being too heavy while the model in the second was praised for her body. I’d like these people to come spend time with the kids in the school my teen goes to, live with them… hear their stories, see their bones, watch their moms cry at night alone in their rooms, afraid they’ll lose their child to a death that should never happen. If they aren’t willing to do that. I say these people should shut their fucking pieholes and let kids grow up. Because if they don’t shut their mouths soon, there will be kids that never do grow up. I’ve seen them. They weigh 87 pounds, you can see their bones, they get high to cover up the pain they can’t make go away and still they look in the mirror and tell themselves they are too fat.

Be outraged enough to have the courage to tell these people to shut the fuck up.

I am.

Thanks to LindaC for the photo improvement. I’d tossed the two photos up here in a hurry, but she made a cleaner, neater job of it and since she’s my big sis… I figured I’d steal it just like when we were kids.  Well sis, at least it’s not your favorite jeans! Kudos to you for the post and the photo improvement.

Read the article.