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The Not-So-Secret Lives of Teens
Prevention US
|November 2022
If you’ve ever wondered what growing up in a digital world is like for a teenager, pick up the new book Behind Their Screens: What Teens Are Facing and Adults Are Missing) by Harvard researchers Emily Weinstein and Carrie James. They reveal some of the most fascinating insights from their latest research project, which sought to find out what issues today’s youth were dealing with online and the impact screens had on their lives. Here, they explain.
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Why do we need to learn about what teens experience online?
This story is from the November 2022 edition of Prevention US.
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