Comments on: Teen Movie Angst from Back in the Day http://www.ypulse.com/teen-movie-angst-from-back-in-the-day Daily news and insight into the Millennial generation for media and marketing professionals Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:05:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anastasia http://www.ypulse.com/teen-movie-angst-from-back-in-the-day/comment-page-1#comment-376 Anastasia Tue, 08 Nov 2005 19:11:35 +0000 http://ypulse.com/wordpress/?p=1877#comment-376 I was having dinner with danah boyd last night who was talking about how teens have less and less hangout space leading to the explosion of social networking sites as virtual hangouts. The suburban places we all used to hang out at like malls have become more regulated and less teen-friendly (many ban teens without parents). I think this combined with today's overscheduled teens means that they it's not just about not having suburban malls to troll, but literally having so many activities scheduled there's just no time to hang out period. <p> The part of teen life "Thirteen" showed so well (I personally really didn't like "Kids") was the natural need to find those adult-free zones -- the teens who are struggling at home with their parents and don't have any solid adult relationships are more apt to get in trouble in these spaces -- but I think all teens need them as part of growing up. </p> I was having dinner with danah boyd last night who was talking about how teens have less and less hangout space leading to the explosion of social networking sites as virtual hangouts. The suburban places we all used to hang out at like malls have become more regulated and less teen-friendly (many ban teens without parents). I think this combined with today’s overscheduled teens means that they it’s not just about not having suburban malls to troll, but literally having so many activities scheduled there’s just no time to hang out period.

The part of teen life “Thirteen” showed so well (I personally really didn’t like “Kids”) was the natural need to find those adult-free zones — the teens who are struggling at home with their parents and don’t have any solid adult relationships are more apt to get in trouble in these spaces — but I think all teens need them as part of growing up.

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