iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us

by Jean M. Twenge

The intriguing part is why. In short, it’s because she doesn’t think those things are safe. “Going out and partying when you’re drunk, you’re in such an altered state of mind, you behave in ways that you never would sober,” she says. “There’s drunk driving—and people take advantage of you when you’re drunk. It’s not safe. You’re going to hurt yourself, or someone’s going to hurt you. It’s not my thing.”