glenrockschwartz

Dear Alex, You’re 16 living in quarantine. Well not really sure if I should call it quarantine anymore because you go out and see your friends and disappear for hours at a time. It’s summer break so that’s totally acceptable. But YOU ARE living in quarantine, at least when you compare yourself with your friends. And of course you compare yourself - you are a teenager. THEY can sleep in each other’s houses, you have to leave by midnight. THEY get invited for mini vacations at friends summer houses - you can’t sleep over so you don’t get invited. THEY can take the train to the beach - you are stuck at home, so you might as well do that ACT practice test...so fun. I am so sorry that I’m either not aligned with what makes other families comfortable. I’m not sorry that I don’t give in to the bullying of my teenager as some parents have done. I hope that I am wrong and the worst thing that comes out of this is you missing out on fun times rather than friends who get sick and have l