Drinking, smoking, drugging, having sex--American teens are doing less of this stuff than ever before. (No, really, it's true; check it out: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/the-kids-are-more-than-all-right/ ) As a mom of teenaged boys, I'm happy about this.
As a former teenager, I'm pissed as hell.
As a teen, I didn't drink. Didn't smoke. Didn't do drugs. Didn't have sex. Didn't even swear. And of course I was a total dweeb and wildly unpopular, which just went with the Good Girl territory. Standard issue back then: Girl Who Doesn't = Girl Who Isn't. But I soldiered on, knowing I'd be better off some day. And fine, I am, I guess; one can recover and live a satisfied, productive life even if one never got to hang with the cool kids. Except now I discover that teens today can be good AND normal. Good AND popular. Good AND cool, even. Good grief. Life is so unfair.
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