[codingdave]

That may be too far the other direction. My teens do hang out at malls, just hang out with friends and listen to music. They do have parties, they have jobs. They do many of the things we did. They also do text between all those things, and coordinate which parents is driving which kids where and when in the process.

It is different, yes. But today's teens are not just sitting in their rooms to be online together. Honestly, they seem fairly similar to how we were, but they have replaced phone calls with apps.