"thirteen" a movie review

I think the intent for this script was to show how hard the teen years have gotten. Even beginning at thirteen drugs, sex, peer pressure, depression, and many other things are already getting to our children. The girls in thirteen have very chaotic home lives. They are both on the lower side of the income line. They don't have very much. The fathers are nowhere to be seen. One girl has a very good mother …

…something. When I used to cut and self mutilate there was only so much I could do to hide it. It seems impossible to me that no one noticed she was doing it until her friend betrayed her. Society was not doing its job to protect our children. I don't know if this is supposed to be in real life but if someone missed that much school at 13 years old SOMEONE would have gotten involved.