When teenagers are down in the dumps, we often reassure them with the adage, “These are some of the best years of your life!” Yet, just like being told to “smile more”, this back-handed compliment only works to make them feel like they aren’t doing their teenage years right.
There’s no denying that being a teenager is tough. One listen to Olivia Rodrigo’s latest album, or any of Taylor Swift’s early body of work, is enough to make anyone empathise wholeheartedly with the plight of teenage girlhood and never wish away our hard-earned maturity ever again.
