Teens of my era who came of age in the early 1990s set the high watermark in the U.S. for teenage pregnancy.2 It’s been plummeting ever since—as have rates of teenage sex—recently reaching multi-decade lows.3 This is at least partly the result of lack of opportunity: Today’s adolescents spend far less time in person with friends—up to an hour less per day—than did members of Gen X.4 And dear God, they are lonely. They report greater loneliness than any generation on record.
