Turns out, no one was having as much fun in high school as you thought.

Turns out, no one was having as much fun in high school as you thought. A recent study found that teens actually overestimate how much their peers are partying, “particularly when it came to how members of the less-cool groups perceived the cool kids’ behavior.” The assumptions that other teens are drinking, smoking, shoplifting, and having sex more than they actually are is perpetuating the engagement in these behaviors. In other words, “teens may be engaging in risky behavior because they wrongly think their peers are.” (NYMag)