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There’s a new Messenger app for tweens, and here’s what you need to know

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Technically, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) prohibits websites from collecting information from kids under 13. This hasn’t stopped social media giants from trying to attract the tween crowd, though. Some turn a blind eye to underage accounts, some require nominal verification of parental approval. Most are filled with ads and marketing, much to […]

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Cyberbully or victim? Here’s what research says about kids who bully (or are bullied) online

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Which kids will be bullied online? Which kids will become the bullies? According to this study, it all comes down to why they log into social media.   Researchers from the University of Georgia and the University of Iowa examined data from 340 teens in a national survey. The teens had been asked about their

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New Research Links Excessive Screen Time and Suicide for Teenage girls

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In the most sobering study on teens and screen time yet, researchers have found teenage girls who spend large amounts of time on computers and mobile devices were more likely to experience depression and attempt suicide.   The study used data from two nationally representative surveys that followed adolescents between the ages of thirteen and

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Here’s why your kids shouldn’t watch TV before bed

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A new report in the academic journal Pediatrics confirms what we already suspected– kids shouldn’t be on electronic devices before bed.   The researchers, a team from the University of Colorado, analysed all past literature on electronics, kids, teens, and sleep. They concluded screen use in the hour before bedtime was, in almost all studies, associated with

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Study links anxiety, social media use in young adults

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A new study has demonstrated an association between anxiety and social media use for young adults.   The researchers, from the University of Connecticut and the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, surveyed 563 young adults, between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two years. Each participant answered questions about his or her anxiety symptoms (if any) and

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Research links media multitasking to distractibility

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Do you scroll Facebook while watching television? Or listen to music while typing a research paper? Play a game on your smartphone as you listen to an audiobook? According to a new study, you may be hurting your memory and attention span.   Media multitasking– consuming more than one source of media at a time–

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Take a break from social media, study urges

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Researchers from the University of Copenhagen say we’d all be better off if we quit Facebook.   The study, published on the Happiness Research Institute’s website, followed over a thousand people. These individuals were surveyed about their social media use and well-being– a social science term for life satisfaction and mood. *Almost all (94%) of

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