How Social Media Is Changing Children’s Brain

Around 78 percent of 13 to 17-year-olds check their phones at least once an hour every day, and 35% monitor the top five networks "almost constantly". This is how social media is changing children's brain.

Here's another justification for limiting how much time your kid spends in front of a device. According to a recent study from the University of North Carolina, social media may be rewiring kids' brains and giving them an addiction to "likes".

Experts believe that apps like Instagram and Snapchat may be causing youngsters to check their phones on a near-daily basis to see if their online posts are receiving positive or negative feedback. According to experts, the more frequently young people check social media, the more susceptible they become to "social feedback" in the shape of likes and comments.

Thumbs up and down, tagging, reporting content, and star ratings are just a few examples of the social rewards and penalties that constitute social feedback. Teenagers strug...