Social media can hamper teenagers figuring out who they want to be. Banning it until 16 is a good idea

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Teenagers have quite enough trouble figuring out who they want to be all by themselves. And that is how it should be. What we ought to encourage is the freedom to explore, the freedom to change, the freedom to shrug off identities and not be chained to …

RT @garwboy: Believe it or not, I don't agree with this https://t.co/OzAzOAchtz It's a reasonably argued piece, but one that basically ig…

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