Nowadays, I see 12 year olds with full makeup, and fake tan etc. While when I was 12, I was still playing with toys.
Pressured into wearing mature clothing
A lot ot teens, nowadays, are pressured by society into wearing more mature clothes. Which consist, of leggings, crops etc.
Access to social media from a young age, i think is also a big game changer, as to why my generation have grown up so quickly, and the following, even faster.
Access to different medias, can be great, but also harmful at the same time. It can show younger viewers, explicit content. And yes, then they know more, but some things kids so young, shouldn’t know. For example, videos on TikTok like “how to self harm”
Not following trends
Bullying, in my opinion also has a huge impact on this. Which I think links with trends. People use to have their own style, now if you do not follow a certain genre you will get laughed at.