Smartphones rendering Youngsters lonely and upset! 

Teenagers today are working less and are far less happy than previous generations because of increased use of smartphones,says a social psychologist who has been researching generational differences for 25 years.
In an article, adapted from her forthcoming book on the current generation,the iGen, as she calls it, Jean Twenge says there is compelling evidence that the devices we have placed in young people’s hands are having profound effects on their lives  and making them seriously unhappy.

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Statics:

• The statistics, as outlined by Twenge, are alarming, Fortune.com reported.
• While only 56% of high school seniors dated in 2015, compared to 85% for Gen Xers and Baby Boomers.
• The number of teenagers who spend daily time with friends dropped by 40 per cent between 2000 and 2015, it said.
• The decline in dating tracks with a decline in sexual activity, Twenge said.
• While this might have had a positive impact on teenage birth rate which hit an all-time low in 2016, down 67 per cent since its modern peak in 1991.

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• Twenge said that increased smartphone use is also linked to loneliness and depression among the post-millennial generation.
• According to the research.
• Today’s teenagers are also working less than their predecessors and driving less, often depending on parents for the rides.
• So, if they are not meeting their friends, working less.
• In addition,not often going on a date, what are they doing with all that time?
• They are on their phone, in their room, alone and sometimes upset.

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