Become someone distinguishable from the parents. Taste is the first thing a teenager owns outright.
This is a want. Something a person cannot stop feeling. Discretionary in theory, relentless in practice — status and belonging live here. It is felt by the adolescent, continuously, and rates 4 out of 5 for the pressure it exerts.
It comes from Belonging and Status meeting the demands of Adolescence. The constants never change; the phase decides which of them presses hardest.
The market has answered it in 3 ways: Music streaming and fandom, Subculture goods and body modification and Concerts, festivals, and youth venues
Its neighbourhood
Everything this entry connects to directly. Click any point to follow it.
Relieved by
Every one of these is a business, an institution or a habit built on this single pressure.