Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him, they were astonished. Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you. But they did not understand what he was saying to them. Kids are always extreme, experiential, and eccentric.
Kids push the envelope.
They push the limits. Jesus at 12 years of age was extreme. The young push the older. If you play it safe, you keep the same music, wear the same tired old clothes, and insist on stained glass or the house isn't holy. None of this is Biblical.