Ever since the 1950s, youth culture and the generation gap has been grwoing steadily and juvenile delinquincy with it. What in your opinion iis better, for adolescents to be rebels and reject authority or for them to respect thier elders and the rule of law?
I think I'll also have to disagree with the premise of the question. I'm not sure that juvenile delinquency has been growing steadily since the 1950s. Violent crime, in particular, has been going down amongst juveniles over the last decade. I found a few good reference links to recent statistics, but the best and funniest that I found was from a "Game Revolution" article defending the video game industry against charges that it promotes youth violence. They have a chart matching the declines in violence against the release of things like "Playstation I" and "Grand Theft Auto". Funny, but accurate. LINK

I also think that the generation gap was much greater between the "Baby Boomer" generation and their WWII-era parents than it is now. That gap was huge. A dad today who grew up skateboarding and listening to punk rock isn't going to be too disturbed if his son brings home a Black Eyed Peas album.

As for the second part of the question, I think that adolescents should always question authority on a societal level, but should also respect the law and try not to give their parents a hard time unless it's completely unavoidable.