Taylor Lorenz

It's a mix of economic and sociopolitical factors.

And you guys need to address those things.

If you want to address kids' mental health, you know, address the fact that a significant amount of kids is growing up below the poverty line, all these other sort of things that matter a lot more.

Yeah.

And, you know, I've interviewed hundreds and potentially thousands of kids at this point over the years.

And one thing that they all say is like, I want more free time.

You know, kids today have hours and even just I'm shocked at talking to teenagers compared to like I'm millennial.

So like I haven't been in high school in a while, but like I'm here guilty.

Yeah, like 15 years ago, schoolwork was radically different.

You know, kids today have significantly more homework.

They're also more likely to participate in the economy.

So they have jobs.

They feel this pressure to, you know, to make a living, to be interning in high school.

Colleges have gotten more competitive.

The economic situation has gotten more intense.

So there's all these pressures.

And then we have the just the geographic pressure.

landscape of America where there's no longer third places, malls, which I grew up going to, like have shuttered.

You know, you mentioned sort of like physical activity.

A lot of young people today don't get that.