We all reach that point in our lives in the midst of puberty
when the age of rebellion dawns. You would
do the opposite to that instructed or just plain do something because you knew
it would really annoy your parents. Similarly, spending more time in your room
as a teen then in any other room in the house is a common symptom of pre-adultolescence.
Though this might not apply to everyone I think the majority of you might well
agree. It is a necessary behavioral
trait for us to grow as human beings and gives us a time to look back on and
laugh at our previous selves. It can however like anything not controlled can
lead to trouble. We as a species have the benefit of our ability to reason and
explain to our young within our complex communities, elephants do not. Though elephant
species have an impressive hierarchy within their family not dissimilar to ours
when a dominant male is no longer present (sometimes removed by poachers fueling
the ivory trade) the young of the herd will “act out” becoming more and more out
of control, just as we might do as the same age. Young male bulls enter musth,
a state of increased testosterone and go into a frenzy, just like young males
in our species hormones are the driving force to our development. So it seems
that parents are necessary to guild us emotionally and physically through our teens
as well as the juvenile stages in other species. .
