Young People Are Amazing!
They can have very strong feelings and opinions or show very little interest in anything much at all - internalizing their thinking. Sometimes they just get overwhelmed with “life” and need to vent to someone whose not emotionally involved in their daily life, someone who will keep their conversations private.
For most adolescents 12 - 18 can be tumultuous years of discovering who they want to be in the world, trying to manage their changing body, developing relationship interests and satisfy school & parents expectations.
Managing relationships at school and concerns about the future of the world are real issues for many young people today. It’s helpful for them to have someone safe to talk to confidentially if talks at home usually end up in arguments with unresolved tension, anger and frustration for all.
Photography by Aro Ha