This is a jaded generation. When asked, a clerk says kids buy them. No one's ever come in and said anything. Parents don't care about that stuff. And that's the disturbing story behind these statistics.
Teens are affluent, but they feel abandoned.
I see it in my friends, I see it when I babysit, even. I've stayed with lots of kids who have every toy you can think of, who have everything they can ask for, but they don't see their parents much because they're so busy. Love means time. Love means discipline. The fact is a majority of their parents are Baby Boomers who are very achievement-oriented.