Oh, the images that that one word provokes. Rock and Roll.
Teenagers occupy a defined niche in American society.
They are envied, sold to, studied, and deplored. They seem to grow up too fast. They seem to not grow up at all. If they wanted to be treated like an adult, then they better act like an adult. But they're still just kids, just now discovering what the world has to offer them and what the world can't offer them.