What teens are like through the generations

Teenagers are not all the same and they are different throughout the ages.  Teenagers had been around for a least the last 60 years and it looks like we are going through the same cycle of teenagers.  Even though the term teenagers had been coined in the early 1940s, I have a feeling that there has always been teenage behavior; it just goes in a different form through each generation.

There is a guy that thought of this generational theory and this is under Strauss and Howe.  We go through a pendulum swing about ever century and it is once again going through another rotation.  This is the 21st century pendulum swing.

Prophet teenagers:  Baby Boomers- they seem to be the most boring teenagers.  Very stuffy and tend to have an attitude; most likely because they had become spoiled as children.  Their ego centrism makes them want to change the world.  They love school and they tend to be obsessed with good grades, after school activities, and then going to college.  They have an obsession on vision, values, and religion, and they teen life is finding their moral identity and rebelling against the older generation.
Nomad teenagers:  Generation X, Lost Generation - these are your teenager that seem very grown up for their age.  They are seen more as young adults than teenagers and they seem to be bored with the teenybopper crap.  They are big with getting your drivers license, getting a job, going to dances and parties. and hanging out with the pack.  Even though they are slackers - they are very responsibile teenagers outside of the school world.  Liberty, Survival, and Honor influence these teenagers - they want to be free from their parents - not as much rebellion.
Hero teenagers:  Generation Y, GI generation - they tend to be very immature teenagers and are more just big kids.  They want to make a big fool out of themselves and cause trouble. Anything that is involved with pranks and doing stupid stuff is their entertainment - think the dumb YouTube videos five years ago. They tend to be very lazy teenagers that lack motivation.  This is the true slacker generation.  Something usually has to wake them up to get them screwed on.  They are driven by community, affluence, and technology.  Social media such as Facebook and MySpace just are made for this generation while the younger and older ones are not as crazy.

Artisan generation:  Generation Z, Silent Generation - these are quiet and mature teenagers, but very traditional.  They want structure and routine, morals and values, and their hobby is very important to them.  These are the ones fixing up a car, going hunting, baking cookies, sewing, etc.  They usually like to hang out with their family and love pets.  They won't bitch about things such as going to church, Thanksgiving dinner, going on family trips. Relationships are really important for these teenagers.   They are big with expertise, tradition, and structure.