Thirteen

This movie is starring Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed(the writer for the movie), Holly Hunter(of The Closer series), Vanessa Hudgens(of High School Musical), Jeremy Sisto(of The Wrong Turn movie), etc.  This movie was released August 2003 and it is about a girl named Tracy who has an absent father and a mother recovering of alcohol who was a high school drop out and is struggling to make ends meet by being a hairdresser. When entering middle school Tracy is teased about how she's dressed and in order to fit in she has her mother buy her new clothes and is trying to befriend the most popular girl at school named Evie. Evie later befriends Tracy and gets her into sex, drugs, skipping school, stealing and everything else parents today doesn't want their children doing but sadly most kids are led astray due to a tremendous amount of peer pressure! This movie is good to show your kids and not to glamorize it but to show them the scary reality of how school can be when easily manipulated and not being a strong minded individual. Yes we all go through trials and tribulations but how long can you blame the parent?, why not get counseling?, if you have siblings why not confide in them?, etc. Children may be embarrassed or may not know how to go about certain situations but there is always a way around things as long as you're willing to accept it. But the main point is, if you have a child, be woman and man enough to take care of your child because without parents and the proper guiding they will continue to be misguided.

Also, a nasty little secret Tracy has in the movie is that she cuts herself but is able to hide it due to always wearing long sleeved shirts or putting a wrist band over it. There are kids that have been lucky enough in today's world to not have their parents find out and sometimes they need to cut themselves so bad they'll use anything sharp which isn't good. When using razors, someone's blood residue may cause you to catch something you don't want SO BE CAUTIOUS AND SEEK HELP!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mTTn4vCiug

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