Take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out boldly on their wings, most of them are clutching at one another’s hands for reassurance. Their reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such a way is that the crowd is doing it. It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. They have come out of their cocoon—into a larger cocoon.
Teenage rebellion, according to psychologist Laurence Steinberg, coauthor of You and Your Adolescent, has been greatly overstated. Many other psychologists agree. The idea that teenagers inevitably rebel is a myth that has the potential for great family harm. This notion can damage communication during this critical time for parents to influence youngsters.
Still adolescence is often a trying time of transition for child and parent. Teenagers need to establish themselves as individuals—in their own minds and in the eyes of others. This search isn’t about rebellion: it’s about becoming a person of one’s own. " Teenagers ought to be growing away from their parents and learning to stand on their own two feet, " says Steinberg.
Here is one way parents can help: don’t stereotype. " Parents who expect teenage rebellion may actually stir it up, " says Kenneth I. Howard, a member of a research team that collected survey data on more than 20,000 teenagers over a 28-year period.
Howard cautions parents not to resort to suppression at the first sight of adolescent independence, fearful that giving in even slightly now means drugs cannot be far behind. When parents overreact, teenagers assert themselves more, parents clamp down harder, and a full-scale blowup results.
In fact, psychologists say that there is no inevitable pattern to teenage behavior, and no such creature as a typical teenager. Your teenager is now larger, per, older and smarter than before, with an additional supply of hormone raging through the bloodstream. But he or she is still the same human being you have lived with since birth. Given a chance, your son or daughter will continue to behave in ways you have established.
Overstating teenage rebellion will lead to the following consequences EXCEPT（）
A.it can do harm to the family
B. it can damage parents’ influence
C. it can prevent teenagers from being individuals
D. it can impair teenagers’ ability to make correct judgment
参考答案：D
解析：
判断题。本题的关键词是overstate，这个关键词出现在文章第三段中，因此第三段是本题的答案所在。D项在文中未提及，因此为正确答案。A、B均在第三段中提到；第四段第一、二句提到“Still adolescence is often a trying time of transition for child and parent. Teenagers need to establish themselves as individuals…”(但青春期对于孩子和父母来说仍然是一个艰难的过渡时期。青少年需要树立自己的个性、成为独立的人…)，由此可知青春期对于青少年成为独立的个体至关重要，若父母对孩子的反叛处理不当则会产生不良后果，故C项可排除。