![]() ![]() Pipher Gilliam, who was a teenager when her mother wrote the first edition, compared her own adolescent experience to that of the girls they interviewed for the update. ![]() Whereas adolescents in the 1990s largely socialized outside of the home, today’s teens are more inclined to connect with friends via social media. They’ve never been on a date and the idea of going on a date in person was terrifying to them.” “A lot of girls, for example, said that they had maybe dated someone, but what dating was was texting and talking online. “The teenagers we talked to all said that they feel really uncomfortable maybe making small talk, even at the grocery store with someone, or talking to their parents’ friends,” said Pipher Gilliam. Get The Jewish Chronicle Weekly Edition by email and never miss our top stories Through focus groups and interviews with students, teachers, parents, guidance counselors and clinicians, the two authors discovered today’s adolescent predilections differ from those of 25 years ago. ![]()
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