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Highlights

  • Social networking sites are one of the main ways they connect with friends
  • They watch R-rated movies
  • Sexual development leads to experimentation
  • Parents struggle with teens' growing independence and need for privacy, making managing their media use challenging
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  • Reality shows and adult dramas on broadcast and cable channels such as the CW, Fox, NBC, and MTV
  • Live action PG-13 and R-rated movies
  • Online worlds with their own avatars and social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace
  • Multi-player online games such as World of Warcraft
  • Video sharing sites like YouTube
  • Email accounts
  • Instant messaging
  • iPods with video
  • Using the Internet for school work, including search, blogging
  • T and M-rated sports, action, and fantasy games on video consoles and handhelds
  • Cell phones with texting
  • Online pornography
  • Sexual development leads to experimentation
  • Identity development and experimentation
  • Need for social reinforcement from peers
  • Independence from parents and need for privacy
  • Able to understand abstract concepts
The information included in this guide is a reference point for what most children are exposed to at each grade level. All children and families are different, therefore this may not be accurate for all children.
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