> get in less car accidents They're driving less in the first place: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/05/teen-car-culture/561290/ https://www.th

> get in less car accidents They're driving less in the first place: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/05/teen-car-culture/561290/ https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/05/teen-car-... > have less risky sex, have a lower rate of teenage pregnancy They (along with 20-somethings) also have less sex period: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-sex-recession/573949/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-sex... > ingest less risky substances, are generally less violent Drug use and getting into fights typically happen in social settings. Teens are socializing in person less often: https://qz.com/1320344/americans-are-socializing-less-and-playing-more-games/ https://qz.com/1320344/americans-are-socializing-less-and-pl... It makes you wonder, what the heck _are_ they doing with their time? Well, playing video games, using their phones, and feeling lonely: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/01/loneliness-felt-intensely-young-people-study-finds-turning-facebook/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/01/loneliness-felt-... As well as reporting more depression and anxiety, and committing suicide in record numbers: http://theconversation.com/the-mental-health-crisis-among-americas-youth-is-real-and-staggering-113239 http://theconversation.com/the-mental-health-crisis-among-am... Is it as simple as "phone bad, sunshine good?" No probably not, but there are studies out there linking social media to depression, and many studies linking loneliness to poor mental health.