Teenagers don't "taste" reality; they live it.

There is much to discuss in regard to the educational video on emotional development. Even though our society appears far removed from Davey's, our erroneous understanding of and interaction with teenagers has not improved. I have always been and continue to be appalled at how adults trivalize teenage crises. Davey has not simply lost his "steady" to the esteemed football player, but rather to the individual who he felt conspired with the football coach agaisnt him. This is equally detrimental to the formidable husband, who becomes aware of his spouse's infidelity with his "unworthy", recently promoted colleague. Regardless of age, we quickly feel betrayed, livid, and tottering on the edge of sanity. How could my girlfriend/spouse become intimate with an individual I detest? Davey reveals this emotionally tearing experience to his parents and his dad offers the brilliant idea that they should watch the upcoming football game from the sidelines! I'm well aware that a husband would surely be in attendance at a keynote speech; a speech delivered by the despicable, vermin who has been intimately involved with his wife. Enough of being crass, my point is that the father makes a grossly illogical suggestion that they should be spectators at the next football game. A relationship abruptly ending, especially with an unpleasant surprise, is just as devastating for an adult as it is for a teenager. In Davey's defense, his violent reaction pales in comparison to Richard Gere's ghastly act in "Unfaithful". We must stop acting indelicately to teenage heartache because this heartache is just as valid and no less "real" than what we experience as adults. This is to say that we must alter our understanding of teenagers simply having a mollified "taste" of reality and adopt the understanding that they are living "our" reality.