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Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows
- Home & Family
- October 24, 2025
From NPR: “Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That’s according to a new study that suggests a link between social media use and poorer cognition in teens.”
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Jonathan Haidt is an icon in the parenting world. He says there’s a new problem looming.
- Home & Family
- October 20, 2025
“We are at the tipping point right now, AI is going to take all the pathways of harm from social media and multiply them.” That’s what Jonathan Haidt, the best selling author of “The Anxious Generation” told USA Today.
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Marijuana damages young brains
- Headlines & Highlights
- June 19, 2019
“Numerous studies show that marijuana can have a deleterious impact on cognitive development in adolescents, impairing executive function, processing speed, memory, attention span and concentration. The damage is measurable with an IQ test.”
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A lost girl’s diary: The hidden anguish of Alexandra Valoras
- Home & Family
- May 16, 2019
Beyond imagining, beyond understanding. How a 17-year-old high school honor student shocked her parents, friends and teachers by committing suicide. Alexandra Valoras wrote in her journal: “I’m not good enough, I’m worthless.”
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More than 200,000 teens had plastic surgery last year, and social media had a lot to do with it
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 31, 2018
“As the saying goes, ‘Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should,’ — this reflects the current dilemma presented to plastic surgeons. The demand for plastic surgery in adolescents has increased dramatically, despite the controversy over performing plastic surgery procedures in this population.”
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UCI awarded $9 million grant to determine the long-term effects of cannabis on adolescents
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 6, 2018
“Studies suggest that adolescents who are exposed to cannabis are at risk for development of various neuropsychiatric disorders later in life, but there is much research still needed.”
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