When we were young… Friends when we are younger define our level of social acceptance. The acceptance based on the general population is basically what controls what we think is cool. What was cool back then was all that really mattered. This level of coolness is what we based our relationships on with other people. I am not saying that teens don’t have their own minds but the level of maturity/experience could make it easy to persuade them to do things we wouldn’t do in adulthood. When I was a teen I thought Missy Elliot was stylish because she wore lots of gel in her hair. Due to that thought process I ended up…