A current study in the academic journal Child Development finds that teens have much different interests and priorities than they did 40 years ago. A cumulative survey of 8.44 million American teens ages 13 to 19 finds that young people are drinking less,dating less, driving less, and working less than they were in 1976,with the most precipitous decrease seen over the last decade. Dr. Jean Twenge, the author of the study, or a psychology professor at San Diego State University,and author of “iGen: Why Today’s Super Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, or Less joyful and totally Unprepared for Adulthood," discusses this shift. This segment is hosted by Todd Zwillich.
Source: thetakeaway.org