More Mature than Before?

After reading Leon Botstein's "Let Teenager's Try Adulthood" I feel like I have to agree with his statement of how teenagers have changed over the years, but I’m not too sure about the teenagers have matured. When the high school system was first created the teenagers of that time did not have the technology or access to information that we do today. The modern teenager is nothing like before, with a greater knowledge of the outside world with information that is constantly updated. And I know teenagers who can handle multiple AP classes and manage to sleep at night or are able to handle a job and a zero period and are able to spend time with their families. Of course, not all teenagers are mature enough to survive on their own at the age of 16, but what do you think? Are the teenagers of this age mature enough to survive on their own?