20 Teen Habits Killed by the Internet

The family encyclopedia was once the household oracle, even if it was already outdated by the time you used it. School projects began with a heavy volume, a sheet of notebook paper, and the confidence to copy just enough without looking suspicious. There was something official about those gold-lettered spines. The internet gave teens better information and more of it, but it also ended the era of pretending one paragraph from “Volcanoes” made you an expert.