Why do teenagers abandon moral codes on the basis of ';friendship';?

So if your friend drives drunk and kills or seriously injures another person, you defend his actions, and justify them.





Is this your mentality: ';such-and-such is ALWAYS wrong, unless my friend does it (because, like, me and my friends are super humans)





Indeed perhaps it is friendship that is root of many problems?





(Note: I am not limiting this to a certain demographic, but merely asking to gain insight to specific thought processes, as I have extended this before) Why do teenagers abandon moral codes on the basis of ';friendship';?
In no way to teenagers defend an action such as drunk driving, nor do they justify them. They simply support their friends. If your mom hypothetically drove drunk and killed someone, you'd support her and stand beside her no matter what happened to her.





And it's incredibly unfair to stereotype teenagers like this. I know adults who are FAR worse drivers than I am.Why do teenagers abandon moral codes on the basis of ';friendship';?
That seems to be a sweeping generalization. People like to pretend that all teens are immoral drug addicted party animals and that is simply not the case. When I was a teen none of my friends drank and I am certain that none of us would have condoned drunk-driving, no matter who was behind the wheel.
I don't really think ppl do that often


like if my friend did something im against I wouldn't support their action


but I would always support them b/c that's what it means to be a friend
sorry but teenagers now and days dont know morals..morals and ethics died in the 90's