The Older I get the Less I Can Stand Teenagers!

All I know is that our son is about to be one. :covri:

I didn't read the whole thread but the two main things that strike me about the current generation of teens are:

(1) Smartphones! The kids are all hard-wired for full time multitasking. This leads to social habits that can be offputting to older folks, who, for example, get cheesed off when a well meaning teen doesn't seem to be paying full attention to them. Does anyone know how to focus on one thing at a time anymore?

(2) Worrying about college, especially for kids with aspirations to top schools, is so much more terrifying now. I have a lot of sympathy for young folks on this front. They have to work so much harder during their high school years than I did, tuition is insanely more than it was then, they have to cope with this confused era when college can routinely take 5 or 6 years, and then they have to confront the reality that there are no guarantees when they get out. I see even younger teens--kids just a few years older than my son--already worrying about this stuff.