By Robin Bruno
Many teens seem to be hitting the brakes due to a bunch of problems such as burnout, mental health struggles, academic pressure, and even social media addiction.
But then you take a step back and think. What would Scooby-do?
Some studies that were conducted by Dr. Scooby-Doo and his partner Dr. Shaggy found that teens often care a lot about things that don’t matter! Like their looks, followers and likes, and even other people’s thoughts.
Dr. Scooby-Doo found that he was comparing himself to other Great Danes and famous dogs. This led to him questioning his own self worth until one day, he was having a food bender with his best friend and opened up about his struggles.
Turns out, Dr. Shaggy was also having those same problems with the mystery gang.
Both of them worked super hard to improve their mindsets, they literally trained with Bruce Lee! They put in all that work just so they could help other people.
They did an experiment and the results showed that 69% of students in every school in the world suffer from caring about what other people think.
Many try to find self worth in the number of likes and followers they get on a social media platform. Associating the amount of likes and followers they get with how much they are worth as a human being.
Dr. Scooby-Doo said that, “focusing on what other people think about you only negatively impacts yourself.”
Many students also stress out about their grades which often leads to burnout.
Dr. Shaggy has responded to questions regarding the importance of grades, “In the short run, grades are important for those who want to pursue a higher education. But in the long run, they are just some letters that people think define them.”
Dr. Shaggy wants to express the importance of working hard when needed and how it pays off, but to not let bad grades define your intelligence.
At the end of the day, one really important lesson that Scooby teaches us is that bravery isn’t about fear, but about fighting through it.
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