Dear Diary, Today I have had the displeasure of coming across and ad that was situated on my mother’s bedside drawer. The title, ‘Senior Year of High School’, instantly grabbed my attention since I, myself, am completing my final year of school. After reading the article three times over, I furiously ripped it up and disposed of it. My mother; the woman who ejected me from her womb, trusts me so little that she decided to join in some parental campaign against teenagers. Sure, I understand when your daughter is a troubled teen who instead of talking to her parents about her problems, resorts to alcohol and drugs. I guess then it’s okay to take advice from an advertisement produced by a group parents. But the fact that my mother kept this piece of paper means that she has no trust in me whatsoever. This piece of A4 paper basically warns parents that teenagers are all so rebellious and crass that they must be watched over until they reach the age of a complete adult. According to the ad, we are incapable of making our own life decisions and must be watched over constantly otherwise we could run amok. There are always teenagers who will drink and try out drugs, but they do not epitomize the majority of teenagers on this planet. We need to be trusted. If we are not trusted we end up lying anyway. Sure, a teen might try alcohol once or smoke a cigarette but that does not set us up for a lifetime of alcoholism and despair. At this age we are capable enough to make our own life choices. We know the consequences and those who choose to mess around too much end up realizing their mistakes further down the line.