I am pretty sure teen boys were just as stupid in the field, army, or trades as they are now in class. Maybe the "letting them roam free" part is different her

I am pretty sure teen boys were just as stupid in the field, army, or trades as they are now in class. Maybe the "letting them roam free" part is different here, but working in the fields wasn't free roaming. And I am pretty sure teen boys have defied social expectations since teen boys and social expectations have existed. From a social standpoint, it is pretty much the definition of adolescence, breaking the rules and all that. And I am sure they had their own form of therapy back in the days, maybe with more corporal punishment, but similar ideas in that teen boys have to be "fixed".