it's better to grow up the the 80's then to be a teenager now

because more kids have their drivers license and therefore depend less on their parents to provide for them and learn more for themselves about the responsibilities of life. Also they give hard working parents a break from driving teens everywhere.

because cell phones weren't invented yet therefore texting and driving was not a cause of death in the eighty's, less people getting into accidents, and also these teenagers without their cell phones can spend more time on life and being active rather than staring at a screen for hours and distracting you from all that surrounds you because it can be an important things you might miss out on.

because the movies today are better than now, and they are more though out and are original then now

Its better to be a teenager in the present because..

More teenagers are choosing to have safer sex rather than in the eighty's, less teenagers agree to use protection.

more teenagers choose to go and pursue onto colleges and universities, therefore having more people will college degrees than just high school diplomas