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When kids are assassins before they've even graduated from middle school.
2.
When kids blatantly bully other kids out in the open (when really, bullying is less frequent and more covert).
3.
When kids have everything in their locker except for actual textbooks.
4.
When kids spend all their time at the mall, spending all the money in the world, with no adult supervision.
5.
When kids pass notes in class — and DON'T get caught even though they're being super obvious.
6.
When babies come out the womb looking adorable instead of covered in blood and placenta.
7.
When kids have super-clean and stylish rooms that looked ripped straight from the pages of Architectural Digest.
8.
When kids are often dressed better than the adults.
9.
When kids give poignant and apt love advice even though they've never been in love themselves.
10.
Or, you know, life advice in general.
12.
When kids are portrayed as completely immune to horror and ready to save the world at the drop of a hat.
13.
When a kid always seems to have a labor-intensive science project and/or diorama due.
14.
When kids cover up their antics in the nick of time.
15.
When kids play spin the bottle and other sex-driven games at parties.
16.
When kids go on elaborate and extremely expensive class trips.
17.
When kids are mortal enemies with their siblings instead of just, you know, siblings.
18.
When kids sneak out of the house like it's their job.
19.
When kids have a full buffet made for them for breakfast...and eat none of it.
20.
When kids are able to construct elaborate contraptions with random objects they just happen to have in their home...and they WORK!
21.
Finally, when kids spend all their time wanting to be adults.
