Teens Are Not All Bad and We Need to Stop Saying They Are

If your news feed is anything like mine, you’ve probably seen a lot of memes lately about the “Tide Pod Challenge.” They all show a variety of nostalgic pictures from the ‘80s or ‘90s of kids doing slightly stupid things and are captioned along the lines of, “Sure, we did _____ when we were teens, but at least we didn’t eat laundry detergent!”

I’ll admit, I’ve laughed at most of them, but the more of them I’ve seen, the more I’ve been left with a growing sense of unease. I couldn’t put my fin...