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Children Happier Than Ever Lie

Here's a question for Whomever may have the answer Because I am not in possession of it Neither am i a fan of massaged statistics And so called experts who them through The media supply endlessly in droves But how many young children are choosing To take their own lives and commit suicide Today more or less Than two decades ago Given that they are told they can be Identify as anything they want or wish to be Cancel culture has defeated hate Racism and sexuality are no longer an issue And expressing our feelings and opinions Will set them free and in doing so Help countless others out there Who feel exactly the same And always leads to positive change Social media and living your life out Online is far better and a more productive Way to learn than from say actual people Who may not have to look up Have actual life experience in matters That may be of use if asked for council Not scoffed at disrespected and treated as a joke Which when you yourself will probably Much later older and wiser become Will eventually in time as well realize When your time comes around as it will That you weren't quite as smart as you Initially at first thought When the numbers are all counted and in And they paint a pretty grimm picture As every year more and more They expedientially go up and up And expose the sad but real truth That modern day children are being Forced into sacrificing their childhoods By being exposed at a far to early formative age To such adult themes They are simply not well adjusted enough Or prepared to handle or deal with As it's not only killing their innocence And happiness in the process But it's also taking and costing Lives as well And yet we tolerate this Believing it could never possibly happen to us Or in fact it's ours that could be next

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