The kids are all right, but we're not!

[elfs]

Among Americans ages 35 to 54:

• Deaths from illicit drug overdose is 5½ times higher this year than in 1975
• Are 30% more likely than people aged 15 through 19 to be killed in an automotive accident
• Are twice as likely to be binge drinkers than a college-age adult
• Are more likely than college-age adults to contract HIV
• Are twice as likely to commit a felony than they were in 1975

Looking through the comparisons, I see some interesting cherry-picking of comparitives, but overall this op-ed in the New York Times suggests that it is not children who are "at risk," but their parents, going through some sort of bizarre midlife crisis.