Kids These Days: Where Tweens Are Headed

As it turns out, those darn kids these days are actually much more responsible and mature than kids were twenty years ago. Overwhelmingly, today’s youth:

• are not prone to risky or inappropriate behaviour;
• are civic-minded and generous;
• value diversity;
• know their own minds and stand by their opinions;
• and are close to, and respectful of their parents.

It’s all from a new study by the Girl Scout Research Institute that surveyed the “ethical beliefs and values” of youth today and compared them to a similar study that was conducted in 1989. The Twixt And Between blog has detailed statistics, so head there for more.

Just goes to show that kids really are decent people, and crotchety old adults complain too much, their opinions coloured by misplaced views of their own nostalgia-tinted childhood.

Nov 21, 2009 :: Tagged under: kids these days, sociology of children, the kids are alright :: #