In the age of smartphones, social media, followers, and likes, reward-seeking behaviors in teens is increasingly associated with approval online. Instagram has been engineered to keep teen girls engaged longer and coming back for more.
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According to new research, teens who are less satisfied with their lives do tend to spend more time on Snapchat, Instagram and the like, but the link between life satisfaction and time spent on social media was considered “trivial.”
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More teens are splitting up with Facebook, choosing to spend their social media time on rivals including YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat.
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A government watchdog is expressing concern over the dangerous social media fad where teens are putting detergent pods in their mouths in what’s being called the “Tide Pod Challenge.”
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