Hamilton, teens do not have enough life experience to comprehend that a personal disaster doesn’t mean life, as they think it to be, is over.
Something like this comes along, and many teens can’t see beyond the immediate catastrophe (in their eyes) to a possible future.
This is why teens may react beyond “reason”.
I personally believe that sending teens off to college can be hazardous to their health and emotional development. Many of them are just not ready for the environmental swamp found on most campuses today.
I agree with that. No one is looking out for these kids when they go away to college.