December 11, 2008
Social-Network Hours Benefit Youths, Report Says
The time that teenagers spend socializing online is actually helping them develop important skills they will need as adults, according to a new report published by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, in Chicago.
"There are myths about kids spending time online — that it is dangerous or making them lazy," says Mizuko Ito, a research scientist at the University of California at Irvine and the report's principal author. "But we found that spending time
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