University of Michigan happiness study may have found the sweet spot for screen-obsessed teens

From the 1990s onward, teens in the United States benefited from a steady ascent in adolescent happiness levels. As indicators like life satisfaction and self-esteem reached new highs, few knew that two decades later it would all come crumbling down. 2012 was an important year. For the first time since its debut in 1992, the smartphone crossed the 50 percent threshold. Just five years after Steve Jobs first unveiled the iPhone, smartphones wedged their way into each our daily lives, becoming a pervasive device that began to eat away at the time it once saved. 2012’s importance didn’t end there.…

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