In literature they looked to the likes of the Virginian, Robinson Crusoe, Hamlet, Odysseus, and Leather-stocking. The cowboy and the saint filled their imagination. Above these they looked to Abraham, Moses, Paul and Christ. The highest desire of a Teenager is to become a more perfect Teenager, a Rock or movie star, certainly not a man or a woman. Does Not A youth wants to be trusted, given responsibility, and the opportunity to deserve esteem.
Youths make more mistakes than adults.
Shame is the other side of the respect they have for the virtues they see in adults. Being immature, youths will always be tempted by pleasures, by flattery, and by illusions, but with an adult world around them, they will be able to make comparisons and judgments. No one can give that to you. No one can do that for you. Good youths like good tests.