I tried a 'kid-safe' smartphone with no social media. I loved it but would change one thing.

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Instagram wants more teens. So it went looking for them on YouTube.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Instagram wanted more users. It turned to its rival YouTube for help.

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A pool director at a country club hires teens as lifeguards. She sees parents applying for their kids to make life easier, but it has the opposite effect.

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Susie Johnson (not pictured) — who believes helicopter parenting impairs kids' independence — hires teenage lifeguards to supervise swimmers at a country club.

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My husband and I used a 'Cinderella' rule to limit our kids' screen time. We don't regret it.

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In the Estrada household, the internet disappeared at midnight.

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Abercrombie & Fitch has made a huge comeback. Here's how the company made itself more than 'a jeans and T-shirt brand'

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An Abercrombie & Fitch store in 2008.

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2 teens won $50,000 for inventing a device that can filter toxic microplastics from water

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Victoria Ou (right) and Justin Huang (middle) won first place in their category and also snagged one of the top $50,000 prizes for their invention.

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Snapchat is walking back a friend-ranking feature after reports of teen anxiety

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Snapchat's Solar System feature will now be off by default, though paid subscribers can turn it back on.

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This chart shows people who got phones earlier in life report more mental distress as adults. Isn't that sadly obvious by now?

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A study found that people who got phones earlier in life report more mental distress as young adults — women especially who got phones as girls.

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Is the Stanley water bottle over? A Gen Z trend forecaster thinks so.

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The Stanley 40oz straw Quencher, perhaps becoming uncool soon.

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I moved from remote North Pole, Alaska, to Florida to keep my kids safe and give them a better childhood

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Samantha Martinez and her family

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