why d teens rebel

Rebellious Teenagers Jeanine Lerche Davis, in her article, “Teenagers: Why Do They Rebel?” (August 11, 2003) informs parents why teenagers start acting up and start to rebel against society. She supports her claim by first emphasizing that teenagers can push your patience, and then she begins discussing how most teenagers go through similar phases during their teenager years, and finally she points out the true statistics about teenagers rebelling. Lerche’s purpose is to give advice to all parents of the necessity to officially start having a closer relationship with their teens. In order to accomplish this bond, she establishes an informative tone, for parents who would want to have a better relationship with their teens. The author is correct because some teenagers do start becoming rebellious. Teenagers start rebelling because at one point some teenagers go through similar phases such as “the need for independence, a separate identity, and testing authority” (Learch Davis). Rebellion is caused by the teen desiring more independence and control and the parents not yet willing to give it up. If parents don't know how to deal with their teens it will be a problem, also parents may think arguing is sign when their teens are starting to rebel, but they are wrong .Teenagers develop Vasquez 2 different ideas and skills everyday which leads to arguing. “It may seem that they argue for sake of arguing. But really, they’re practicing their new abilities” (Elkind). In previous generations teenagers were not likely to be sexually active, or having to experiment with drugs or alcohol, until they were eighteen and able to resist peer pressure , but now they are getting pressured at thirteen years old and not being able to resist peer pressure. “It is not that child development has changed, it is that demands are coming at earlier ages “(Elkind). Teenage years are a crucial part of growing up. At this stage, most teenagers love to explore things and when they are not permitted to do what they want, they will rebel. In order to maintain a strong relationship with your teenagers during these wild years, there should be communication and spending more time together. Davis Lerche, Jeanie. “Teenagers Why Do They Rebel?” August 11, 2003.