Someone once came up with this hypothesis that adolescence is so stressful because society is so stressful and you would need to design a culture that lacked those stresses to solve this issue. So they supposedly found some idyllic isolated tribal culture to study to prove their hypothesis and found that adolescents there were also all kinds of drama. Little sister, hits the stage She can't help it, she's comin' of age Little junior, he's all in a rage Did you notice he was comin' of age? There are two things going on in adolescence. The most obvious one that many people are clearly aware of is there is a surge of hormones hitting their little bodies and turning them from children into sexually mature adults capable of reproduction. Different hormones have different psychological and emotional impacts. It's common knowledge teens are either "too sexy" to the discomfort of their parents or angry and it is frequently boys who are very angry....
Adventures in Parenting and Homeschooling My Twice Exceptional Kids