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Me, My Teen Self and Instagram
- There are plenty of well-documented reasons to distrust Instagram — the platform where one is never not branding, never not making Facebook money, never not giving Facebook one’s data — but most unnerving are the ways in which it has led me to distrust myself. After countless adventures through the black hole, my propensity to share, perform, and e... See more
from Who Would Tavi Gevinson Be Without Instagram? by Tavi Gevinson
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- Social media was not created with the best interest of teenagers in mind. Instinctively, we know our kids shouldn’t invest time engaging with social media platforms because we, as adults, can see the dangers—the social comparison, constant judgments, and endless drama. Many of us are so thankful we didn’t have social media when we were their age be... See more
from How to Delay the Age At Which Kids Get Smartphones by Melanie Hempe
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