Jean Twenge

There's no scientific consensus that today's young people are especially narcissistic or self-involved, but the public has bought into the notion.

Watching my children consume their music with plugs stuffed in their ears, I wonder if we're all missing out on opportunities to engage.

I used to worry about this allegedly cosseted generation. Then came the shootings in Parkland, and I began to see another side of these young people that humbles me.

Generational analysis can be enlightening—but it can also be facile and sensationalistic.