Teenagers are notoriously rebellious by nature, but most of us eventually grow out of that naive adolescent phase.
Some, however, appear to completely miss the boat. Many of them — at least according to a study published this month in the journal Child Development — end up abusing alcohol and drugs, have trouble maintaining a steady, healthy relationship, and often have problems with the law.
Ironically, the kids who seemed to have it all at age 13 — popularity, invites to parties, older friends, and love lives — are the ones who "didn't turn out O.K." psychologist Joseph P. Allen, told Jan Hoffman for
The New York Times, where we first learned about Allen's study.
The reason these "cool" kids are lost at sea as adults isn't karma working its magic — it's more scientific than that.
The reason for this, the researchers hypothesize, is that the "cool" kids valued being popular more than the other subjects and therefore looked for ways to continue feeling cool. Since their behavior of drinking and doing drugs is what got them "cool" status in the first place, they dive into deeper, more extreme ways to try and stay cool, even though their efforts may be backfiring.
And I def remember some nikkas that were havin ALL the fun in middle school, and just disappeared off the face of the earth afterwards
