[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J

I think I do have a grasp of the point. Might be wrong. Today kids feel caged in by a society that loves to tell them not to do this that and the other. The urge to explore and try something different is so curtailed that they feel shackled. When they get a chance they try and make up for it. Its rebellion against what they see as oppressive.

yep, that was the point I was trying to make......had to clarify it just in case you were in any doubt

There has always been a degree of rebellion in growing up though, today it is expressed differently.