IWP Prompt #7

IWP Prompt Project

Henry Kiem

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Prompt #7 – What is Rebellion? Why do so many young people rebel? Is rebellion a necessary element of growing up?

            People talk about the period in their life when they first became more mature or independent. This short period is called “coming of age” and it is when all of your morals and values become more developed. During this time, many people are ready for some independence from their families. They want to be able to make their own decisions about what is right for them. The problem is, not all families or parents are ready to give their child this independence. This causes kids to rebel. They refuse to do anything their parents ask of them because they want to show that nobody else gets to make decisions for them.

            This tends to happen when a person has overprotective parents who set restrictions and boundaries on how their children can dress and whom they can hang out with. Rebellion isn’t necessary usually. It just tends to be away for teenagers and kids to show their dissatisfaction with their parents’ way of doing things. Sometimes rebellion works. It shows the parents that they need to loosen their grip because their kids are maturing and growing up and it’s time to just let it happen.

            On the other hand, hanging out with undesirables, doing illegal things such as drugs, and wearing clothing your parents don’t like just to show them that you are mature, makes no sense. Rebelling against your parents tends to just cause them to tighten their grip.

            I think the fact that kids rebel is really fascinating. There is no real logic behind it but kids just want to be independent and be themselves and by rebelling and choosing to not do what their parents say and often the opposite, kids feel more independent.