I prefer to think that kids are kids, they make good decisions and they make bad decisions.
Yes. It is not like we didn't make some stupid decisions (and still do) - everyone does. And also yeah - some make many more bad than others, but I wonder how much of it is genetic and environmental conditioning. Can they learn to be better? I think so. Slow down the thinking.
My wife would also argue that trauma is generational, so there is that too.