Question

In teen friendships, _____. teens often have close, non-sexual friendships with teens from the other gender peers are typically more harmful than helpful a well-behaved teen is often friends with a deviant teen friends lure each other into self-destructive behavior

Answer 1

I believe the answer is:  teens often have close, non-sexual friendships with teens

Unlike what has been depicted by Hollywood, the vast majority of Teen friendships are actually non-sexual in nature.
On average, people become sexually active when we're entering young adulthood phase (18 years of age or older)