Psychologists wonder whether teens' need to be in near-constant touch with friends is hurting their chances of developing authentic feelings and self-awareness.
Liz Wheeler says she doesn't need to be in constant contact with her friends. The 17-year-old Wichitan craves solitude when she's working on art projects. But on vacation in Paris this summer, she felt lonely and depressed. "I went through withdrawal," she said. Unable to send text messages or update her Facebook page, she convinced her mom to let her make overseas calls from the hotel phone.
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Wheeler and her peers have come to expect instantaneous communication. Yet as the MySpace generation comes of age, psychologists question whether this hyper-connectivity hurts their chances of developing into independent, self-reflective adults.
"Kids have grown up in such a noisy, overstimulating situation that they really don't know how to have a quiet mind," ...
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