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[quote=Anonymous][quote]When I was my kids' age, it seemed like a lot more kids drank, smoked, got high, dated/had sex, were out late on weekends going off with their friends, etc. Now it seems like that's relatively rare, when I tell my kids some of the things that I did at their ages, (and I wasn't a wild kid) they are pretty shocked. I know that there are some kids who still do some of the things that I mentioned, but they seem like their the "bad" kids, whereas when I was that age, it was pretty much the norm. Do other Generation X parents notice this as well?[/quote]

Why are things like "dating" and "hanging out with friends" considered "wild" and in the same category as drinking, smoking and getting high?  Do you really have kids who are shocked that you didn't go to bed at 9 pm and only hang out with your parents?

My teen had a lot of activities (2 or 3 hours, 6 days per week) and did well in school, but he didn't have a bedtime in high school and he had girlfriends, time to hang out with friends, a pretty late curfew on weekends, and went to a few parties, esp. during the second half of senior year, where I'm sure he kicked back with a light beer or two.  Almost everyone he knows has tried drinking, vaping and/or weed, including the 4.4 GPA types who are now at top colleges and whose parents probably think they never did any of these things.[/quote]

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