A 16-Year-Old Wrote An Angry Letter To The Times About How They Cover Teenagers

"We are not as irrational and immature as adults seem to think."

Posted on March 04, 2014, 20:26 GMT

Tasneem Nashrulla

BuzzFeed News Reporter

A BBC editor, Neil Henderson, tweeted this letter from 16-year-old Jenni Herd of Scotland to British national daily, The Times, in which she complained about the newspaper's recent articles on teenagers.

A 16 year old has written a thought provoking letter to the Times this morning. — Neil Henderson@hendopolis Follow
A 16 year old has written a thought provoking letter to the Times this morning.
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A 16 year old has written a thought provoking letter to the Times this morning.
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Herd's ire was directed at articles, such as this one, where adults explain teenagers' behavior.