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>I haven't posted on this forum before, but I've been >reading for a while. I'm finally going to say >something: most of the people writing "children", >whether pretending to be a child or pretending to be >the parent of a child, clearly have no idea how >children actually act and talk. Sometimes, they're >good enough you can suspend disbelief, or they're at >least enjoyable enough it doesn't matter that they're >obviously fake. > >The posts like this, though, seriously make me roll my >eyes. You can tell the writer believes young teens are >inherently bad at writing, and is trying to make their >writing convincing by adjusting the spelling or >grammar to be of poor quality. However, as somebody >who has read thousands of essays by hundreds of kids >between eleven and seventeen... you guys have no idea >how to do that realistically or even consistently. > >Another dead giveaway is how ANGRY these people will >get if you question anything in their story or >otherwise don't go along with their fantasy script. > >There are a few people here who come across as >authentic. Debbie and the other teen, what's her name, >Laura? They are either real teens or people with >enough understanding of teenage psychology and writing >skills to portray them accurately. Scamptoo comes >across as a real person, although he says very little >about who he is, so there's not much for him to be >lying about, anyway. > >The part that annoyed me enough to finally reply to >one of these posts was "Agnes" throwing a temper >tantrum when she was called out for going a little too >far over the line in terms of believable severity. >We're all here reading about spankings that are pretty >harsh, we're all a little messed up for that, but most >of us have a point where we can't read a post without >thinking, "these kids would be so traumatized someone >would notice and call CPS," and that makes it hard to >just read it.

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