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[quote=Anonymous]Definitely. I’m 46 with two in HS. And they— and their friends— are incredibly wholesome.  I think there are several things going on.

I grew up in the rural South and cruised WalMart on Friday evenings.  There was nothing to do.  Having nothing to do is a great way to get into trouble.  That isn’t a problem in the DMV.

Getting into college is so much harder and my kids workloads are incredible. And HSs no longer let kids phone in sports in ECs. They do them 15 hours a week. Kids just have less time to get in trouble.

We also live in a very education conscious area of the country. The peer pressure is to get into TJ or  UVA or WM, not to drink and do drugs.

I think comprehensive sex education, drug and alcohol education etc., every year, for ES helps.

I think we were the product of liaissez faire parenting. Even if you want to free range/80s style parent in the DMV, you can’t without CPS getting involved. The expectation is that that you will monitor your kid 24/7. Helicopter parenting has become a thing.

I think technology makes it easier to keep tabs on your kids, stalk them on Find My Friends, coordinate with other parents, monitor social media and texts for problems, etc.

I think in the era of me too and social host liability, people take serving kids underage and sexual assault much more seriously.

We’ve also moved forward on identifying, treating and taking some of the stigma away from mental illness, learning disabilities, ADHD, etc. and teachers are more likely to point out these problems to parents and school systems have adapted  to help kids achieve even with LDs.  When we were kids, you adapted to the school.  And if you couldn’t, too bad. So, kids get help and can have academic success. .

So yeah. I think kids are more wholesome. For a lot of reasons. [/quote]

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