Teenagers

Four animated characters sit on a beige couch in a room with dark patterned wallpaper and three electric guitars hanging on the wall behind them. From left to right: a young man with brown hair wearing a green Boston hoodie and blue jeans, looking at his phone; a middle-aged man with gray hair, glasses, and a mustache, wearing a black leather jacket with patches and tattoos on his arms, looking serious; a woman with long gray and pink hair, leopard print glasses, a black leather jacket with patches, and black pants, sitting with arms crossed and an annoyed expression; and a young woman with long brown hair, a gray hoodie, and blue jeans, smiling while looking at her phone. Green plants flank the couch on both sides.
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The Kids Are Staying Home: How a Generation Lost the Art of Getting Into (Formative) Trouble

One of my clearest memories from high school in the late 1980s isn’t a specific party, but the hunt for one. A car full of […]

By Julie Suratt