Those phone-obsessed teenagers aren't as lonely as you think

http://socialnetworkingnews.org/those-phone-obsessed-teenagers-arent-as-lonely-as-you-think/

So I guess I understand why older folk fret that youngsters these days are losing out on authentic social connections because of social media.

But it looks like the kids are going to be all right, researchers say. High school students in 2012 reported lower levels of loneliness than their counterparts in 1991, according to a study published Monday in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Source: www.mprnews.org

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