Teenagers in Water

Some teenagers were hanging out at the edge of the river, their kayaks idling.
Teenager 1: I love communing with nature.
Teenager 2: I like exploring. I don’t understand people who stay in the same place. Staying in the same place as your parents. Never going beyond what you know. You have to open your mind to possibilities and exploring.
Teenager 1: Yeah, like even if you move out of your parents’ house, you still stay in the same town. Or if your parents move, you move to the same place where they moved. Never moving away and being your own person. I couldn't do it.
After Austin & I were somewhere up the river and out of earshot of the teens.
Me: Is there anything we can do about teenagers besides waiting for them to grow up and grow out of it? I mean, besides killing them?