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Canadian Teenagers and Canadian Teens

: They've seen and experienced things that most adults here never have to endure, according to The Waterloo Record. It makes it difficult to fit in with the "normal" Canadian teens they encounter, even though they long to. Canadian teenagers who have come here from another country, especially those who are refugees, have older souls than most Canadian-born high school students. But their worlds are so different. Meanwhile, their peers are talking about their cellphones, and what they paid for a new pair of shoes. They're struggling with a new bureaucracy, old memories, worry about family members left behind. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.