<story><title>Teens Aren’t Partying Anymore</title><url>https://www.wired.com/story/why-teens-arent-partying-anymore/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>westmeal</author><text>I know, I know this is anecdotal &amp;#x27;evidence&amp;#x27;.&lt;p&gt;I happen to be 21 which fits me right in this generation and the main reason this occurs is due to parenting. My parents wouldn&amp;#x27;t let me go _anywhere_ by myself until I was at least 17. By that time I was completely and utterly addicted to computing to just let go and &amp;#x27;hang out&amp;#x27;. As a matter in fact most of my friends are online rather than 4 real friends in real life. It seems like people in my age group had parents that would rather have their child stare at a screen than experience the world. Just my two cents.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ashark</author><text>If your parents had eliminated screens when you were very young (including theirs) save maybe one publicly-placed crappy terminal for wikipedia or looking up business hours or maps or learning you some programming or whatever, but loosened the reigns on hang-outs and travel, do you think you&amp;#x27;d have still felt isolated because all your friends were still online most of the time?&lt;p&gt;Asking as a parent with three young kids who&amp;#x27;s seeing practically no benefit to ubiquitous screens at this point, and lots of bad things about them, and trying to figure out how to navigate this brave new world while screwing these kids up as little as possible.</text></comment>
<story><title>Teens Aren’t Partying Anymore</title><url>https://www.wired.com/story/why-teens-arent-partying-anymore/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>westmeal</author><text>I know, I know this is anecdotal &amp;#x27;evidence&amp;#x27;.&lt;p&gt;I happen to be 21 which fits me right in this generation and the main reason this occurs is due to parenting. My parents wouldn&amp;#x27;t let me go _anywhere_ by myself until I was at least 17. By that time I was completely and utterly addicted to computing to just let go and &amp;#x27;hang out&amp;#x27;. As a matter in fact most of my friends are online rather than 4 real friends in real life. It seems like people in my age group had parents that would rather have their child stare at a screen than experience the world. Just my two cents.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>glitcher</author><text>I tend to agree with you. Although I also don&amp;#x27;t have any hard evidence, it seems to me that growing up in the 80&amp;#x27;s, there was far less parental supervision of kids then there is now. In the summertime during school break, even as early as elementary school probably 3rd grade, we would take off on our bikes and roam without any supervision. As long as we were home by sundown we wouldn&amp;#x27;t be in any trouble.</text></comment>