Why is Being Able to Rebel Important? Rebelling is a natural part of adolescence that many teenagers go through in order to find out who they are by questioning norms and by taking a stand for what they believe in. By rebelling a teenager is able to find: what they like and dislike, who they are, what makes them happy, and what do they want to accomplish in life. When a person does not go through the rebelling stage of adolescence they do one of three things, they either(1) go through life never regretting a decision, (2) they wonder what could they have done differently or (3) rebel later in life. Those who are able to let go are the lucky few. For