Jeanie Lerche Davis's Teen Rebellion Is It Really Rebellion?

Teen Rebellion is it really rebellion?

A question that many often wonder would be as to why teenagers feel the need to rebel from their authority figures.

Teenagers often rebel from their authority figures because they feel as if they are their own person, an adult, and also they are struggling to find their spot in society so they turn to rebellion for help. As Jeanie Lerche Davis the author of the article Teenagers: Why do they Rebel says teenagers go through three similar phases in their life which include the need for independence, a separate identity, and testing authority. These phases often last throughout the teenage years which is why it is often considered that teens are the most rebellious individuals. During the reading of her
Many feel this way before they are even of age to vote or drive for that matter which leads to rebellion because adults are still treating the now self proclaimed adults as if they are still adults. Which in a way may cause insult to the teenager causing them to retaliate by not following the instruction of the actual experienced adult. As said in the text “...the area of the brain called the prefrontal cortex is developing. This is the part of your brain that is behind your forehead. It 's your thinking cap and judgment center… (Davis). Which means that they are now able to start to comprehend and make their own ideas making it difficult for authority figures to make their point. Given this the article says it makes for “arguments” between the teenager and parent when actually they are just trying out their new found skill. Which is why when teenagers backlash and contend what the authority figure says it is taken as disrespectful and a form or rebellion. This being said often times the authority figure will punish the teen causing for more tension between them which may make the teenager more likely to rebel even further more in the future. Which would not have been the case if in fact they parent understood that it wasn’t meant to be disrespectful rather it was just them trying to advance their
However as it is stated in the article by just under half off all teenagers drink, less than 40% experiment with drugs and even fewer that 25% use these illegal substances on a regular basis. Which means that well over half of all teenagers who are grouped together and said to do these illegal acts actually do them, let alone on a regular basis. Which means that there is a fifty plus percent chance that the teenager you think is rebelling by doing these illegal acts is actually partaking in it. This being said it can not be taken as a form of rebellion when that odds are in the favor that they are not actually doing these substances previously stated. However children are now being pressured at a younger age and are now more prone to actually have sex, drink, and do drugs at a younger age given the amount it is talked about in media whether it be tv, radio, or social media. As said in the article it is now more likely for teens whose ages range from 11-13 to partake in these acts than it has ever been in history. This being that it isn’t as much of a rebellious act rather than an act of peer pressure because they want to fit