Children of this day and age do not have the traditional "childhood" that one had growing up "back in the day." Kids nowadays have to deal with adult situations that they are clearly not ready for. Life is too complicated for kids now and there is too much pressure min all areas for them and then we wonder why there is much dysfunctionality in this world.

Why are they not shown ways to build up their self-worth, their worth of self from within. They look for LIKE and more LIKE.

Well sometime is the family situation that make them grow up fast,

Technology has a lot to do with it , giving kids the idea of how they should look and how they should act its unfortunate now that they seem to think they have to conform to a certain way of life with peer pressure also.

Yes, for some reason there seems to be increasing pressure on children. Partly I wonder if due to the internet they become aware of so much so soon nowadays.

some times they just want to fit in with the others but that is not always a good thing even when they know its wrong its hard for them to not follow

I agree, we live in a manic world now, and technology is great but can also bring issues such as obsessing about what others are doing.

My kids are now 22 26 28 and the time went by fast

Why can't they ....