Reply #11: I don't think she can do anything.

[napoleon_in_rags]

I think the bigger picture is that we isolate teens from adult society, they deal with adult matters like violence and rape alone. When I was in highschool, I had the life changing experience of drinking with my friends older, 26 year old brother. It was from talking to him alone that I saw hope and realized there was life beyond high school insanity. What high school kids need is social interactions with young adults that aren't playing "parent", rather their just being real and revealing the path to adulthood.