Top Ten Reasons Why It Sucks to Be 12

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


2Older kids bully you


3"Please enter your parent's email address"


4No going to see a PG-13 movie by yourself


5The librarian won't let (or at least disapproves of letting) you get a teen/young adult/adult book.


6You aren't viewed as mature, responsible, or trustworthy


7People don't take you seriously


8People still call you a little kid


9You're going through puberty


10Adults still talk about you in front of you.


11You still have to order from the kid's menu at restaurants


12You can't drive


13You are viewed as a child


14Everyone mistakes your age.


15You're not a teen


16You have to go to school


17Everyone uses 12 as an insult


18You have to have adult supervision for everything


19You're in grade 6


20People see all of you as extremely immature, irresponsible and wild


21You're still a kid


22You can't have sex


23You can't date


24You can't go out in the night


25You get depressed


26Sometimes you want to be a teen and sometimes you want to be a kid


27You are too young to earn your own money