Little girl in scary world

For the majority of the time I was pregnant with Logan and Taylor, I was student teaching in Kindergarten then Fifth Grade. While teaching in Kindergarten, all I kept thinking was,"These kids are so mean to each other! That was really harsh and hurtful!" When I was in Kindergarten, kids were a lot nicer to one another. I mean, seriously. Some of these kids would be best friends one day and enemies the next, all because they disagreed on who would go first in a game during indoor recess - which we had a lot of because it was so cold during that time. They argued and fought over the most ridiculous things. But since the girls were a lot meaner that the boys, I pushed the worries to the back of my mind.
While teaching in Fifth Grade, all I kept thinking was,"These kids just broke up? Like, they were dating before?" When I was in Fifth Grade, the girls had crushes on the boys and would be scared to do anything about them. And the boys would not even look at the girls because they were too into other things, like sports. But now these kids have to be educated about things that are really serious, like sex, suicide, and drugs, because those are the things that are on their minds. But since our boys wouldn't date until they were 16, I pushed the worries to the back of my mind.
But now all those worries are coming back... strong! I turn the tv on and I see teenage girls having their own show because they are raising a child at 16. I see teenagers committing suicide because others made fun of them. I see teenagers being shot at school because someone brought a gun and went coo-coo. I see movie previews in which friends have sex with each other with no strings attached. I see movies in which people do drugs at a party and it is completely normal. Although all those things were already happening during my first pregnancy, they have definitely gotten worse over the past year, and it is scarying me to death.
I have faced many temptations, challenges, and trials, and some were really tough to overcome; but I think today the teenagers are faced with even bigger temptations, challenges, and trials. The things I went through when I was 15-20 are now happening to kids who are 10-15. It is scary for me to think that Billy and I are going to have to teach our kids about sex, suicide, and drugs long before they even know of these things, just to prepare them and make sure they make the right decisions. It is a scary world out there, but I know that we have all the knowledge we need to make the right decisions. With the Lord's help, we can overcome anything the world throws our way.