hug a high school kid this holiday season

high school pretty much sucks for most kids...there's that interminable wait for college, the ' no longer a kid, yet not quite an adult' thing, and even worse, there's the 'no one takes me seriously' thing.
They are our future, our future political moves and shakers and they need for us to believe in them.
Hug a high school kid, or even better, get to know one... ask them what they think about the world, what they love, what moves and shakes them, how they see their future.