Teens aren’t as disengaged as you may think: What adults get wrong about adolescents’ civic contributions
- Written by Kimia Shirzad, Associate Researcher and Adjunct Instructor in Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Penn State
Teens contribute in ways that go far beyond organized volunteering.Maskot/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesA teenager scrolls through their phone at the dinner table, barely looks up and answers questions with one-word replies. For many adults, that image has come to stand for a larger fear: that today’s young people are disconnected from...