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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]At least in this go-go-go area, I think more teens, if they don't have jobs, have committed, time-consuming activities than many of us did as teens[/b]. Yes, lots of us played sports or danced or did clubs of various kinds, but overall now it seems many teens' activities -- if they're into activities -- keep them busier more hours and expect more serious commitment. Our DC was in an activity (not a sport) through HS that took up 90 minutes to three hours, four to five days a week, fall through June, and more hours at certain times of year. The parents all noticed that these kids tended to be too busy to have much hanging out time, didn't party, and considering what a few of DC's less busy classmates got up to outside school, we were glad our kids didn't do a lot  of random hanging out wherever, whenever, with whoever was around. Yeah, I know someone will post that "teens need to hang out and not be so scheduled!" But DC did have time to do other things--just not a lot of it, between the activity and homework.

This is just what we observed for our particular kids, and doesn't apply to every family, FWIW. I did hear simiar things from parents with kids in different types of activities.

The Post has an article today about teens delaying "adult" responsibilities but the experts they quote don't say it's necessarily a bad thing. One thing mentioned is that many of these "delayed" kids experiment less with sex, alcohol and drugs now as teens. Fine with me, but then, I don't buy the claim by some DCUM posters that teens who don't date a lot, try drinking, try pot, etc. in HS will "go hog wild" in college. [/quote]

This definitely seems to be a part of it, and it's not just in this area.  I have family members that live in less affluent areas, and the typical teen seems to be involved in far more extracurricular activities than what teens in that same SES group did in the past.  [/quote]

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