Summer Cunningham

Student & Author

The Grow Up or Give Up Mentality

‘The Grow Up or Give Up’ Mentality is an ideology I would like to change in the 2020s, and it’s the vision I have for the future; the vision in which the youth are the foundations of a better, brighter world.

Despite the constantly improving modern society, there are many concerns about the future, so much so to the point where the youth are pressured by the expectation to right the world’s wrongs. This pressure has caused mental health in the modern youth to be at an all-time low, not at all helped by the portrayal of young people from the media.

It’s imperative that we take a step back and recognize the youth of today for what they actually are – and that is children – before we expect them to be anything else.

The Grow Up Or Give Up Mentality | Summer Cunningham

‘The Grow Up or Give up Mentality’ is an ideology I would like to change in the 2020s, and it’s the vision I have for the future; the vision in which the youth are the foundations of a better, brighter world.

An aspiring author, Summer is a fifteen-year- old student with hope for a youth-led future. After struggling with anxiety disorders as a result of the
pressure placed on young people in modern day, Summer hopes to alleviate this pressure by altering the way that people perceive the young people, small steps at a time

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