#20: Suffer in Silence
Everyone always acts like being a kid is the easiest thing in the world… And whilst this might be true to a certain degree, there are lots of things kids have to deal with that adults don’t necessarily see. It might seem like their biggest worry is their next math test, but that isn’t always true…
In high school, this person would actively lie to their parents about why they didn’t have friends. In reality, they had plenty of opportunities to make friends, they just didn’t want to make their mom feel even worse about the lack of resources within the household. It might not seem like it, but this is a lot for a kid to have to deal with.