Peers, parents, and teens: in search of the perfect 10

Happiness seems like a very elusive goal for many young people today. They tend to believe that it comes from obtaining something they do not have rather than recognizing and appreciating what they do have.1 Use the 1984 Olympic Games as an example. Competitors who did not win a gold medal, break a world record, or score a perfect 10 were seemingly buried in a sea of mediocrity. Their accomplishments were not fully recognized and the success they had achieved was not appreciated. The public's eye, with all it's computers, instant replays, and other electronic wizardry, had dissected every movement and magnified every mistake.