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When social media accelerates the pressure to grow up too fast

I look at girls my age on Instagram and they all seem so mature and put-together and I still feel like a little kid but I'm supposed to figure out who I am.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Curated presentations of teenage life create false timelines for development and identity formation, rushing natural processes.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Social media and adolescent mental health?”

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