14th September Teenagers don't find it that Emmazing


Back in the day it was simply nerdy geeks like chess prodigy Nigel Short or Opportunity Knocks favourite Lena Zaveroni that teenagers had to worry about being compared too. Then along came climate whirlwind, Greta Thunberg to make 13-19 yr olds just feel rubbish. Now the name Emma Raducanu is the one teenagers least want to hear emerge from their parents lips. 

In an exclusive Grace Under Pressure can reveal that Emma Radacanu has now become the focal point of teenage angst and loathing for making their parents feel that their children have achieved bugger all in life. With Greta, even if the questions did come thick and fast, ones such as 'how come you haven't started a global movement?, why don't presidents listen to you?, why aren't you friends with David Attenborough?', teenagers always had a get out of jail card because in truth their parents didnt' really want them to be 'like Greta' did they.

Then just when teenagers were feeling it was okay to be distinctly average along comes long legged, perfectly dentured, ever smiling, eloquent and articulate in a variety of languages, Emma Radacanu, appearing on every front page, news bulletin and no doubt The One Show in the coming weeks. 

And suddenly questions posed by parents such as, 'why haven't you won a major international sporting event?, why haven't you appeared in Vogue magazine?, why hasn't the Queen sent you a letter?, why can't you speak fluent Manderin? and most importantly why are you not going to earn us worth millions of dollars over the next few years?', are going to be a lot harder to answer.


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