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Growing up is tough for anyone, but it’s even harder for kids today who grow up navigating puberty and relationships through a screen. That’s what journalist, author and mom Nancy Jo Sales argues in her new book, “American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers.”
Through 2½ years of research and more than 200 interviews with teenagers, Sales shows how complicated it is to be a girl growing up with a smartphone and the ripple effect social media can have on the rest of their lives.
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