1. GenM: The Multitasking Generation
1.1. Today 82% of kids are online by the seventh grade, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
1.1.1. Kids spend an average of 8.5 hours a day on electronic media.
2. Peer Culture
2.1. Research supports the view that adolescents spend a great deal of time with their peers.
2.1.1. Adolescent peer culture also differs from that of younger-age children in the patterns of relationships between peers. Adolescence is characterized by the emergence of crowds as an important social context of development.
2.1.1.1. Unlike younger children, who adhere to sex-segregated groups, adolescents steadily increase their levels of association with members of the opposite sex.
3. Millennials
3.1. They are more ethnically and racially diverse than older adults.
3.1.1. They’re less religious, less likely to have served in the military, and are on track to become the most educated generation in American history.
3.1.1.1. Three-quarters have created a profile on a social networking site. One-in-five have posted a video of themselves online.
3.1.1.1.1. Only about six-in-ten were raised by both parents — a smaller share than was the case with older generations.