It's all part of the circle of life, though, that just as your granddad annoys you with the same stories over and over again, so too will you annoy your grandkids in the same way, all in the name of the survival of your species. "So I'm not old enough to vote, but I am old enough to pilot a 3,000-pound metal bullet through crowded neighborhoods?" So, really, not a great combination there. During those teenage years, what you get is someone who is capable of driving a motor vehicle but incapable of fully empathizing with fellow human beings. But if they are, it's not necessarily their fault - studies suggest that although the brain develops pretty rapidly through childhood, the parts that enable you to feel empathy and guilt take longer to kick in. Old people have one simple theory to explain this: Teenagers are assholes. Then, when your hormones start kicking in, suddenly you start rebelling against their tyrannical rule, staying out until 3 a.m., dedicating your homework time to video games and shitting in potted plants around the house.
Your parents are the embodiment of structure and order - you sleep when they tell you to sleep, eat what they tell you to eat and shit where they tell you to shit. From the moment you tumble out of the womb until you turn 13 or so, you have a pretty solid contract with these tall people whose house you're living in.
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