News in Brief Even Gen Z’ers Are Starting to Believe Clichés About Gen Z There's no scientific consensus that today's young people are especially narcissistic or self-involved, but the public has bought into the notion. Tom Jacobs
Ideas Special Projects Understanding Gen Z Have Headphones Made Gen Z More Insular? Watching my children consume their music with plugs stuffed in their ears, I wonder if we're all missing out on opportunities to engage. Kristina Sepetys
Ideas Special Projects Understanding Gen Z Are Gen Z’ers That Different From Gen X’ers? Generational analysis can be enlightening—but it can also be facile and sensationalistic. Tom Jacobs
Ideas Special Projects Understanding Gen Z Why Boomers and Gen X’ers Are Wrong to Bash Gen Z 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. Julie Lythcott-Haims