Adolescense.

The society that we live in today treat us like adolescents sometimes, and expect us to act like adults other times. It presents us with confusion; how are we supposed to know how to act or who to be when society is constantly switching up it's expectations? Like Sociosmith said in his blog, we are aloud to vote, drive, and even get married at 18, yet we still aren't aloud to drink. We are now seniors and we are aloud to drive to school, yet we aren't aloud to drive year round. It is difficult when you are expected to be an adult, yet you are still considered a child.
Also, status power overwhelms teenagers today. Status power is the want and need to have a higher status. I think that status power impacts teens and how we adapt because we are constantly trying to be better than everyone else. We strive to be the best we can be, as long as we overpower the others who are trying as well. I don't know why we feel the need for the status power, and I think that there is no way around it. Humans are very competetive people by nature, and I think that the want to be better than everyone else is always going to be there. I do think that it is not necessary for some people to take it to the extremes, but in my opinion status power will always be there.