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Re-wind back to the days of our parents teen years, have you ever been told of the stories of your parents lighting bottle rockets and firing them under cars driving down the road, Roman Candle wars, cafeteria food fights, getting away with so much trouble, or how they skipped school to go smoke cigarettes or to go do other "teenage" shenanigans? Back to the present, does that sound reminiscent of anything like what you as a teen? In today's day and age most likely the answer is no. According to Paula Wilkins essay on the article, "The Kids are More Than All Right" by Tara Parker-Pope, the heathens of old are not so in the current day. After reading both the article and Wilkins response I have to agree, we are not as rebellious and trouble-bent as our more adventurous parents. What both Wilkins and Pope have realized is we, as a generation, are more conservative on our rebellious tendencies. On staples of commonly accepted trouble-making and rebellious trends like marijuana consumption, alcohol and tobacco use, and teenage pregnancy/sex it can be seen that there has been tremendous drops. A study by the University of Michigan Monitoring the Future survey has been conveying an on-going study on teenage use of marijuana since 1975 shows that in when they started taking data over 45.5% of teenagers surveyed had tried marijuana and 6.6% smoked frequently. A mere 5 years later the statistic had risen to 60% and 9% used it daily. As the study continues it falls dramatically in the 90s to 40%, where it has stayed around until 2010 where it has fallen to around 35%. Similarly the use of alcohol, tobacco, and most illegal drugs has fallen substantially in the past 30 years. Starting in 1980... ... middle of paper ... ...utes to cause worry to parents, such as sexting and energy drinks. Do keep in mind that “The entire purpose of the teen years is to push the envelope...... The fact of the matter is every generation of teens freaks their parents out in some way,” (Shoket). Works cited Pope-Parker, Tara. "The Kids Are More Than Alright." New York Times. Feb 2012. Web 23 Oct. 2012 Monitoring the Future. 2012. University of Michigan. Web 23 Oct 2012 Alana, "The Kids Are More Than Alright.", New York Times article, entry Feb 10, 2012, http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/the-kids-are-more-than-all-right/ Ny, "The Kids Are More Than Alright.", New York Times article, entry Feb 5, 2012, http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/the-kids-are-more-than-all-right/