This stage in life, in particular, can create conflict in an individual's state of being, because for one, teenagers aren't given adult status, though biologically they basically are. Our culture however, grants adolescence certain adult status opportunities like driving and voting, while at the same time denied many others, which include drinking and whatnot. Because of this, along with other factors, it makes the stage of adolescence all the more confusing. It's hard to contemplate that even though, as adolescents, we are granted opportunities to obtain adult status, we can't legitimately claim that status. Maybe that could be why being an adolescent is so dramatic, why certain crimes are comitted; because we want to advance our status forward, and not be lingering between two realms, so to speak.
Status consumes the lives of teenagers, though some don't realize it. Today, teenagers are given alot of responsibilities, yet at the same time they're denied adult status, which for some, causes fights with parents and elders. This can have a big part in the development into adulthood. I think that it might actually slow the maturation process, because as teens, when denied adult status, it forces an indivdual to fall back to their age, instead of progressing. They'll be like kids longer than our society desires, because they didn't fully mature and they're still figuring out certain concepts well into their 20's.
Still, it does have to be this way. Because it does give us more time to figure things out, and to make silly mistakes and learn from them, and to sociologically mature. If we were to rush things as youngsters, we would be clueless adults, and we would be lacking certain skills we would usually obtain as teenagers.
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