5 challenges parents of teens face that they didn’t 20 years ago

As watching “Rebel Without a Cause” will tell you, raising teenagers has always been a notoriously challenging endeavor. Parents of teens today, though, face a set of challenges that can feel particularly daunting, given the fact that many of these hurdles simply didn’t exist in the past.

The last two decades have seen the advent of more technological advances than humankind has ever known. These advances come with their own equally new set of obstacles, particularly where raising teenagers is concerned. Below are five challenges faced by parents of teens today that didn’t exist 20 years ago — and how to navigate them.