If you are still rebellious at 12 then you will more than likely end up society's problem ultimately unless you are very fortunate; luck has nothing to do with anything. If you are left to your own devices with no spiritual guidance in a bad environment and circle of friends with the same experience you don't have a lot going for you. This condition breeds Theodore Bundys or worse sociopaths. Tough love and a strong Father figure active in the family is what is needed. I am a strong advocate of Tough Love that runs counter to stupid liberal propaganda that ends up in all the wrong places. Societal misfits need Mr. Belt applied in tough love long enough to stimulate the Gludious Maximus and send a direct message to the Brain just like Jehovah God intented in the first place. Spare the rod and spoil the child is as valid now as it ever was. Don't blame society just go take a long look in the mirror. This is how problems are solved.
I didnt get any tough love.
I was shown what was right and wrong. It had nothing to do with tough love.
My brother was rebellious when he was 13 and 14, but that was the same time I was having issues when I was 15 and 16. But that was more because we were moving than anything else....