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Instagram internal research: ‘We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls’

The Verge

It’s a hugely important question, especially with Facebook planning to launch a version of the app for children. As one slide from an internal Facebook presentation put it: “We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls.” (The Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Vybe raises $2.9 million for its challenger bank for teens

TechCrunch

million) to build a challenger bank for teens. Overall, 260,000 teens have pre-ordered a card already. Thousands of cards have been delivered and the first metrics are encouraging. startups offering debit cards for children are about to reach unicorn status. French startup Vybe has raised a $2.9 million funding round (€2.4

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Kids and Kickstarter: The Rise of PhilanthroKids and Kid Crowdfunding!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Charlotte, A Young Teen, Helping To Save Horse Farm Through A Kick Starter Campaign. GivingTuesday is ramping up for its 2014 campaign and it looks like children and teens will be a part of the movement. One example is Emily Barr from Maryland is a clever 5th grader who wants to help her best friend who has Cystic Fibrosis.

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Youth mental health startup Somethings launches with a $3.2M raise led by General Catalyst

TechCrunch

I still look back on all the time that I spent as a teen, crushed by stigma and afraid to talk about mental health with my friends and family,” says the Stanford grad. Teens, often with the support of their parents, are matched through the Somethings system with mentors who have similar backgrounds and situational experiences.

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Acorns acquires UK’s GoHenry, a fintech focused on 6- to 18-year-olds

TechCrunch

The companies would not provide specific details regarding individual metrics, saying only that the combined company will have nearly 6 million subscribers. Acorns got its start initially targeting younger adults, specifically millennials, before later opening its first services for children. France, Italy and Spain.

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Family tracking app Life360 to acquire wearable location device Jiobit for $37M

TechCrunch

The company this morning announced the $37 million acquisition of Chicago-based Jiobit , the maker of a wearable location device designed for use by families with younger children, pets, or seniors. San Francisco-based Life360 made a name for itself over the years as an app that parents love, but teens hate.

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Back-to-School Marketing: How to Reach Your Target Audience

Nonprofits Source

For families with children from preschool to college, the end of the summer marks new beginnings as their kids return to school. For example, a clothing store running a back-to-school campaign may create a page on its website that’s optimized for the keyword “back-to-school clothes for teens” to target an audience of high school students.