there was another article several months ago on FR about this very fact. Depression and suicides were up, not because of sexual promescuity, but because these kids have been so sheltered that colelge is the first experience many more have had on their own than in the past. They were babied by their parents and some parents still involve themselves in their college kids lives like they were going to kindergarden for the first day of school. Many kids have never had to face up to even a minimum of responsibility for their daily living and it is a sudden shock to them that they themselves are largely responsible for their lives at this point in time.
I'm not sure I agree with this point of view. It is my experience that most the kids in the schools have very little, if any, parental guidance. Most have two divorced parents, fighting for equal attention and devotion from a mixed up and confused child who is continually caught in the middle.
Society has devalued the role a Father plays in a childs life and they have redefined it only as monetary support, rather than emotional or physical safety.
I don't have the reference available right now, but it is proven that girls who have a full-time Father, who is involved in her life, will tend to value herself more than those who have part-time dads.
So, I am not discounting your point of view, rather I believe the majority do not fall into that catergory.