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How the smartphone affected an entire generation of kids

  • Written by Jean Twenge, Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
imageNew research is putting the first generation of kids to grow up with the smartphone into sharp relief.Olga Tropinina

As someone who researches generational differences, I find one of the most frequent questions I’m asked is “What generation am I in?”

If you were born before 1980, that’s a relatively easy question to answer:...

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