Be real, though, we were all this kid at *some* point, however briefly. It’s when you don’t *stop* being this way that we have a problem.
I’ve made the observation that 12 to 13-year-olds are in the stage where they think they have the world figured out. Most people accuse teenagers of thinking they know everything but actually most teenagers are keenly aware that they don’t know anything, they’re just putting up a front. When you’re 12 or 13 you legitimately think you have the world figured out because you’re old enough to understand some things for the first time but still young enough to be that dumb. The preteen years contain the biggest ratio of confidence to cluelessness.