Theoretically, the growing options of teens to be able to connect with their peers with impressive immediacy, synchronicity, and ease of access would only further their social development, but this online connection is not how adolescents progress socially in such vital years. ... Beginning around junior high, from ages 12-14, teens are less concerned with interpersonal connections and more concerned with group cohesion. ... It is not until the ages of 15-18 that teens will realize the importance of meaningful interpersonal connections with a select few friends rather than peer groups as a who...

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