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The Effects of Social Media on Teenagers - SociallyActive As parents, we strive day in and day out to provide healthy meals, drive our kids to soccer practice, cheer at the games; attend parent-teacher meetings at school and teach them to say “no” to drugs and other bad habits. While we are busy covering all the basics of being a good parent, we can be far too oblivious of the effects the social media is having on children. Kids today are as technologically connected as anyone on the planet has ever been. They have access to social media like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and they can be able to chat in real time with their friend who are a thousand miles away. Various reports suggest that about eighty-three percent of American youth use their phones for email, mobile internet and texting. The negative effects of being this “plugged in” is beginning to take enormous effect on kids. Many teens usually spend sleepless nights on social media without the knowledge of their parents. There perhaps are three major reasons:

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