[33girl]

There have ALWAYS been kids whose parents were a zillion miles up their ass and didn't give them time to have a free moment. I think the technology anod other things are honestly more to blame. I mean...we didn't have cable TV in our dorm rooms, we HAD to go to the TV room to watch anything more than the campus cable access. Single rooms were VERY rare...basically you got stuck with your roommate and that was it. 2 large bathrooms for 60 girls on a floor. Now almost everything is "suite style." You never need to go into a large common area, and many parents/kids demand single rooms.

Kids have been watching The Real World for umpteen years and see those idiots playing to the camera and saying "I love you!" and acting like best friends 20 minutes into the first episode. They think that's what living with others is like.