You just know a "teenage" girl would adore going

[morningglory]

to the mall, to get an ice cream, out to a restaurant, for a walk around the neighborhood they grew up in. The poor things are still in a prison. Leave them alone.

[FSogol]

1. Context! It's not just for breakfast anymore!

[morningglory]

2. Ohio abducted girls. nt

[FSogol]

4. You watching is why the reporters are there. Turn off your tv.

[Brickbat]

5. If you're talking about the young women who were recently freed in Ohio,

they're not teenage girls anymore, and I really doubt that the mall is high on their list right now.

[MineralMan]

6. Not teenagers any longer, and they

are going to need lots of therapy before they'll be yearning to do the things you mention. In fact, in their neighborhoods, those things are pretty scarce in the first place.

Anyhow, the first step in leaving them alone starts with each of us. They are free. Let them be.

[morningglory]

7. Just sayin' they missed their teen years,

and would like to do some things they may have missed.

[randome]

8. I think their teen dreams were probably beaten out of them.

No one knows what they are thinking now

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[Brickbat]

9. Plenty of teens don't like going to the mall.

Follow your own advice and let them be.

[MineralMan]

10. I don't think it's that simple at all.

I have no idea what they'll be going through in the next few months and years, but their experience was horrific. Recovering from it will take a long time, and I doubt they're that interested in the things you mentioned.