The Psychologist Whose 16-Year-Old Doesn’t Have Social Media

<p><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81076025 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="paragraph" data-ccp-parastyle-defn= "{"ObjectId":"1d8d9033-f1bd-4eef-bfc5-b23ec9830308|42","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[469775450,"paragraph",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"paragraph",335572020,"1",469777841,"Times New Roman",469777842,"Times New Roman",469777843,"Times New Roman",469777844,"Times New Roman",469769226,"Times New Roman",268442635,"24",335559740,"240",201341983,"0",134233118,"true",134233117,"true",469778324,"Normal"]}"> Setting aside</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81076025 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="paragraph">it’s</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW81076025 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="paragraph">“a waste of time,” as Twenge’s daughter puts it, and the</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81076025 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle= "paragraph">predatory pornography</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW81076025 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle= "paragraph">and</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW81076025 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle= "paragraph">terrible ideas that permeate social media</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81076025 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="paragraph">, s</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW81076025 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle= "paragraph">ocial media cannot carry the weight of</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81076025 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle= "paragraph">real human</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW81076025 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle= "paragraph">connection.</span></p>