I believe this is true. Children are adults-in-training and need to be treated as such. Yet we create these unnatural environments and wonder why teenagers act

I believe this is true. Children are adults-in-training and need to be treated as such. Yet we create these unnatural environments and wonder why teenagers act so irresponsibly. And when they finally do become "adults", they can't function as adults. I believe the majority of teenagers will rise to the responsibility given to them, if it is genuine. You can't expect them to act responsibly on one hand but then subtly treat them as nothing more than overgrown children.