When I was in high school in the 1980s, if I wanted to have a private conversation, I’d have to wait until I got home after school. Then I’d have to “unhook” the receiver from the wall phone and stretch its long cord into another room, where I would stuff towels under the door to mask the sound.

It was a process.

I, like most teens my age, had a time limit, because there was only one phone line, and my mom often needed to use it or didn’t want the line busy if someone important called.

Today, teens can have totally private conversations sitting right next to you in the car on the ride to school, and often in school and for hours after school. Some teens even fall asleep while they are on FaceTime with each other.

Due to technological advances, young people have unprecedented access to

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