[MisterMashable]

Teenagers act crazy bc biologically they are adults. If we were doing our job raising kids and not depriving them of real life experiences and honest learning opportunities, they would be better prepared to channel that amazing youthful energy, the risk taking, the ability to stay awake longer, learn faster, compete. They would be starting businesses of their own perhaps even competing against well established players and occasionally beating them at their own game. Most would simply become (find out) who they are and find their place in the world. They would be thinking independently, writing their own life script. Parents don't like that bc it doesn't validate the choices they made. Their child might fail in their endeavors thereby making the parents look bad, God forbid! Universities don't like it bc success is supposed to depend entirely on whether or not they get paid lots of money. Governments don't like it bc it would force them to change and adapt. Corporations hate it bc those kids are supposed to work for THEM for cheap and buy their CRAP. Did I mention clergy? They don't like it bc some of those kids might become something they aren't and usher in a new form of spirituality they don't 'agree with'. Kids (especially teenagers) are DANGEROUS. It's far better to undereducate them, setup barriers to keep them out of the real world, and deprive them of all the respect and responsibility accorded to 'read adults'. Then when they become neurotic and act out, claim that's the real reason kids need to be watched so closely and excluded from participating in the real world.