For up until the last century there used to be this thing called a 'rite of passage' where children become adults. The idea of an extended adolescence that lasts a few years is very recent. Kids used to look forward to the day when they would take on their adult responsibilities and aspired to be more like the chiefs, warriors, healers, and knowledgeable elders. Now the desirable trait is youthfulness. Another way to describe youthfulness is inexperience. A less-kind way of describing it is being an idiot. So now you have all these adults who are trying to be 'young' again by following these idiot kids who are doing whatever idiot kids are standing next to them are doing. The reason for this is marketing. When parents work their butts off and giving the kids their money instead of passing down things like wisdom and life skills, mass marketing takes over.
So before this turns into a thesis I'm just going to point out what I observed. Not counting situations with abuse, destitution, illness, or whatever the hell happened to honeybooboo the happiest kids I've seen are the ones where their parents spend time with them and show them how to do stuff. Some of the most suicidal were the ones who had parents that gave them a bunch of money and let them run around and go nuts. Give them someone to look up to or they will find role models of their own. And for chrissakes don't send them to religious schools or institutions. Those places consistently crank out the biggest freaks of all.