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It isn’t exactly surprising; tech-weary Gen Z is increasingly embracing low-tech hobbies like knitting, puzzles, and book clubs, and leaning into ’90s and ’00s nostalgia in a way that makes those of us who grew up during those years feel gleeful. (Finally, the kids are discovering that we were actually cool!) A 2023 Harris Poll showed that 60 percent of the Gen Z-ers surveyed said they wished they could return to a time before everyone was “plugged in.” And conversations with members of our very own SheKnows Teen Council show that they actively seek out ways to not be glued to a screen. “I’ve been trying to get myself to do activities so I have a reason to not be on my phone,” 17-year-old Sophia told us. “Because otherwise I’ll feel like, ‘Oh, I’m not doing anything, I might as well be on my phone.’”
“I often hear people wonder if today’s young adults were born too late to reap the benefits of the pre-internet world,” said social psychologist Dr. Clay Routledge in a recent op-ed for The New York Times. “Our research gives me hope that the answer is no, because historical nostalgia is helping them to do just that.”
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