Revealed: almost half of British teens feel addicted to social media, study says::Exclusive: Millennium Cohort’s finding raises questions about why a large proportion has a difficult relationship with social media

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    11 months ago

    My friend’s teenager asked for unlimited screen time for her birthday. She didn’t want to go anywhere, do anything, or smoke weed, or mess around with a boy - she just wanted to stay home watching tiktoks. It was strange to me.

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      11 months ago

      She wanted drugs. It’s that dopamine high score she’s after.

    • harc@szmer.info
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      11 months ago

      Outrageous. Time to pack her up and head for a obligatory 5 day family rave.