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For those in the peak years of puberty, which comes a bit earlier for girls, the answer was yes. For girls, the worst years for using social media were 11 to 13; for boys, it was 14 to 15.[36] These results offer clear evidence that 13, which is the current (and unenforced) minimum age for opening an account on social media platforms, is too low.
Jonathan Haidt • The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Succeeding socially in that universe required them to devote a large part of their consciousness—perpetually—to managing what became their online brand. This was now necessary to gain acceptance from peers, which is the oxygen of adolescence, and to avoid online shaming, which is the nightmare of adolescence. Gen Z teens got sucked into spending ma
... See moreJonathan Haidt • The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
In the survey, a majority of respondents felt that technology and social media (often described as “selfie culture” which I explored in my 2016 trend Selfie Confidence) had enabled more independent thinking and less desire to conform among Korea’s youth.
Rohit Bhargava • Non-Obvious 2017: How To Think Different, Curate Ideas and Predict The Future
He felt that he was seeing people become more unempathetic, angry, and hostile as their social-media use went up.