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Weekly Contest #279
Content warning: Themes of body image issues and mental health struggles. Kids are always envious of people older than them. They think it's cool. They're always wishing to be taller, to be a grown-up. Grown-ups always wish they were younger. When you're young, you're still innocent. You don't think about appearances, or money, or monsters. You just live. You're happy and you live. It's easy being a kid. Being a teenager is rough. That's when you start obsessing over appearances and popularity, and money. And monsters. Little kids are scare...
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