The "it" I speak of is the intense scrutiny of every personal attribute to judgement, and the magnification of every perceived short coming.
This magnification of flaws can erupt into awful actions of sobbing and screaming. Once highlighted our 15 yr. olds hair (2d time-she loved the first) and she perceived it as too much, screeched about being ruined, not showing her face in school, cried, raved, pouted. Next day she went to school sulled up, and came home bouncing and smiling that afternoon--her friends "looveed" her hair.
Yeah! The police overdid it.
vaudine
I agree; this is prime time for hormones to start kicking in, but the child is unable to cope and needs some latitude to make an adjustment. She could have been sent somewhere to calm down, like the principal’s office; but sounds like this was a tough woman cop, probably from the same social background, who was not too bright. Where’s the love, people?