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Teens Are Forgoing a Classic Rite of Passage - The Atlantic

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Fewer young people are getting into relationships.

Listen − 1.0 x + Seek 0:00 15:20 This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Lisa A. Phillips has found herself in a strange position as of late: trying to convince her students that romantic love is worthwhile. They don’t believe in overly idealizing partnerships or in the clichés fed to them in rom-coms; some have declared that love is a concept created by the media. Phillips, a journalist who teaches a SUNY New Paltz course called “Love and Heartbreak,” responds that of course relationships aren’t all perfect passion, and we should question the

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