oh dear god, im sorry i ever wrote it, i dont have enough time or energy, or space to actually test any hypothesis, and i believe we ARE fucking up our nations youth, i dont know where you grew up or when, but the school i came out of was highly competetitive, everyone in my graduating class went to a top 25 school, and in that school district the push to suceed, not learn, but suceed, (thank you phuture) takes precedence over being young. Young children cannot act and be responsible like adults, and that is what society asks them to do, you think its a coincidence that reported cases of teen depression has risen 200% in the past 5 years (american psychiatric association) and its not because everyone is overreacting, and just joining the depression bandwagon, but becuase these underdeveloped minds are not equipped to handle everything that is thrown at them.. as for other countries, i havent done any research, so thats why i focused on america....i dont know enough about the subject to form truly conclusive responses, and all of this is just my opinion, based on personal observations, and a few 20 pg research papers ive done for my adolescent psychology class, maybe someday i'll have enough time to conduct real experiments but until then im just gonna keep spitting out views, now its time to get drunk...mug night at the baloon 2night!