Facebook opened to anyone claiming to be 13 in 2006, but 11-year-olds were not widely adopting it until later; the iPhone came out in 2007 but was expensive; by 2011, most teenagers had an iPhone and were checking social media hundreds of times per day.

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John Haidt

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by 2011, they mostly do. Most teenagers now have an iPhone and social media and they're checking it hundreds of times a day

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The Coddling of the American Mind moderated by Malcolm GladwellThe 92nd Street Y, New York
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:13:07 AM

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