- Kids are growing up slower
- Teens take longer to try alcohol, sex, and driving
- Teens have less disposal cash, in part because they do not have jobs
- Learning to binge drink, the later the more damage
- In general, iGen drinks less though
- Gen X took longer to start adolescence but started adulthood earlier
- iGen is delaying everything
- Prefrontal cortex development needs experience, so delaying work and other experience may be detrimental to development
- Disadvantaged kids spend about the same amount of time as privileged kids and electric devices
- iGen parties less than Gen Me
- Teen homicides are going down but suicide is going up
- Social rejection can trigger the same pain centers as physical harm
- FOBLO (Fear of Being Left Out) is replacing FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)
- Boys are aggressive physically, girls are aggressive socially
- Sleep deprivation kills mood
- iGen is leaving religion because of the hypocritic messaging
- Safety is a big deal
- “Emotional safety” is the new thing
- “Keep safe” and “stay safe” started being said a lot more in the mid-nineties
- Marijuana is viewed as safe
- Escalating to arbitration is particularly among high class, loosely connected individuals
- iGen is more focused on money than prior generations, wanting to “close the gap”
- iGen values helping others more but does less
- We are returning to thinking of traditional gender roles
- iGen is less tolerant of unfavorable speech
- They believe in equality so much, talking about racial differences is forbidden
- They align best with libertarianism
- What to do
- Delay a smart phone as long as possible
- Prefer apps that are focused on individual communication
- Get exercise
- Only frame things as “safety” unless it is really about safety
- Job security
- Tell them, “I want you to succeed”
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