Not to be preachy but its a fact kids need love and attention

Teenage kids are still little kids who may have physically grown, but not necessarily mentally. Hence they need guidance in life.
Just looking at the kids raised in the two continents - Asia and America, it is sort of obvious that kids in America stop being' kid-like' the moment they become a Teenager. Why? Are they expected, parentally ,to act more responsible, independent and therefore inherit some of the
insecurity that goes alongwith being independent so early on in life? I am simply guessing.

On the contrary, kids in other parts of the world, typically kids raised in India , are still treated like kids by parents until they live at home with parents and therefore are subjected to much discipline but without an iota of love being compromised. Naturally , such kids seem to be able to handle the social taboos more with ease and decline than their American counterparts ...
They seem less likely to go astray under peer pressure for drugs, alcohol and the sort of behavior that creeps in due to the sudden sense of 'being an almost grown-up'.