ONLY 13 BUT GOING WILD


Adolescent kicked in so much earlier in her. Now she’s driving her parents crazy, they are scared she might do something that can disgrace then, even more makes her life a tough one like being a mother at a young age. She’s still in grade 9 but her actions are those of a 21 year young lady. On weekends she doesn’t sleep at home. They call her and she drops and switches it off the next day she changes her number and refuses her family to have the number.

Her family tries by all means to give her guidance, talk to her about life and all that but all seem to have fallen to a person whom can’t hear. This is only the beginning. Imagine when she reaches 18 year, what will she be doing? The worst thing, she replies back to her elders when they try to talk to her. She’s totally uncontrollable. Only 13 but you can’t touch her. The more you try to talk to her it seems like it is the more you push her to do the things she is doing.

Her elder sister is only 21 and by 4 O’clock she’s already at home. But that is her time to go out instead. Her home is so comfortable, loving and very respected. Recently she has joined the life style of the so called “SKHOTHANI”.Well this is only the beginning I tell you. The 13year old is forever demanding money and never tells what she wants to use it for. The other day she was just nagging her mother to get a gold tooth for her.

Is this the future? Is that life? The names of the expensive shoes she names, the language she uses, her attitude? Lots of role models within her house yet she never gets motivated even a bit. She doesn’t see her clothes as attractive lately, so she wears her friend’s clothes and you would ask where she got them and she will proudly reply you.

All the family has is hope for the better to come..

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