Adolescence is where the kid-friendly world created by parents, educators and others begins to really give way to the reality of the adult world, and how f'd up

Adolescence is where the kid-friendly world created by parents, educators and others begins to really give way to the reality of the adult world, and how f'd up it can be and is. Adults have put the transition behind them for the most part and assimilated. Life may not have gotten much worse. The expectations of what the world is like may have been dumbed down during prior childhood.