Had a new parents thing at DDs next school. The head was pompously proudly announcing that the pupils are all now young adults and are treated as such.
I had a ponder and think maybe the trouble with teenagers is that they are expected to act like young adults but when they do adult things like having sex, drinking, smoking, having babies etc they are then too young to deal with the consequences.
Should 11 - 16 year olds be treated more like children? Or should they be expected to act like adults and take responsibility for what they do and when? Is 11 really adult?