Numbers have been coming down.
What I see typically is that every generation, every new wave of kids I work with seems more responsible, more connected, more socially engaged and more caring about outcomes. I know there's a feeling sometimes that things are getting worse and worse, but that's never been borne out in the data. This generation of kids use the least amount of drugs, have the least amount of sex under 13 and have the least amount of violence. Some of the moral tropes that go on about kids are not reflected in the data that we see with kids.