Cameron Crowe’s Endless Adolescence

We dismiss teenagers as soon as we cease to be them. We don’t care to speak their language; our script is ready-made – and useless. First we tell them none of their experiences will matter once they’re in the real world. Next we tell them that what today feels like everything really means nothing. Finally, we tell them that these years are the best of their lives. That done, we turn away, as from a song we can no longer bear to listen to.