--- title: iGen: The Generation After Millennials Is Safe, Terrified description: In Jean Twenge's new book "iGen," the next generation appears to be accident-free drivers — and socially anxious canonical: https://time.com/4904288/igen-jean-m-twenge-review/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-17T10:00:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:02:04.122Z article:section: Ideas og:title: A New Look at the Next Generation og:description: According to a new book, they're safe, they text and they're terrified og:url: https://time.com/4904288/igen-jean-m-twenge-review/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf30bcabd32a5b038/6988da07fb4eac97ea893585/new-look-next-generation.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1353 og:image:alt: new-look-next-generation og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A New Look at the Next Generation twitter:description: According to a new book, they're safe, they text and they're terrified twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf30bcabd32a5b038/6988da07fb4eac97ea893585/new-look-next-generation.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A New Look at the Next Generation > Sponsored content. 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But perhaps her most surprising finding is that those born since 1995 are obsessed with safety. iGen’ers are “less likely to go out without their parents,” she writes, and less likely to agree with statements like “I like to test myself every now and then by doing something a little risky.” They’re safer drivers, with fewer accidents and tickets, and they are half as likely as Gen X-ers to get in a car with a driver who’s been drinking. And yet, “iGen’ers seem terrified — not just of physical dangers but of the emotional dangers of adult social interaction,” Twenge writes. Their caution may help keep them safe, she finds. 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