I would say it's a breakdown of the family. The kids are actually not operating from the mindset of a young adult—like you did as a high school person—but from, “what can I do to alleviate any pain and not feel?” They don't have a future orientation in mind when they're behaving. They're not thinking that tomorrow they have a test. They're thinking that they just want to escape this world.
On December 4th, 2018. See this statement in context.