Teens on a Year That Changed Everything
In words, images and video, teens across the United States show us how they have met life's challenges in the midst of a pandemic.
March 7, 2021
What has it been like to be a teenager during the first year of a historic pandemic?
The New York Times, through its Learning Network, asked the question, and more than 5,500 responses poured in.
In words and images, audio and video, they reported that it was, in many ways, a generation-defining disaster. Being trapped inside — and missing the milestones that ordinarily mark coming of age in America — was lonely, disorienting, depressing and even suffocating.