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Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering

Fast Company Tech

Volunteering is tied to having fewer symptoms of depression and being more satisfied with your life. There are also health benefits for those who start volunteering much earlier in life. Children and teens who volunteer tend to have better health and lower levels of anxiety and fewer behavioral problems than those who dont volunteer.

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TikTok teens’ latest passion is enterprise software

The Verge

Five days into the new year, and TikTok’s hottest 2021 trend is teens using enterprise software to go viral. As if the coronavirus pandemic hadn’t already blurred the lines between work and home enough, students and teens are going viral on TikTok after making Notion boards that mimic teen Tumblr feeds.

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Helping Youth Find Their Tech Genius: This year with iUrban Teen

NTEN

iUrban Teen. iUrban Teen has been busy this year creating opportunities and environments where youth can find, appreciate, and grow their genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." Sam Rodriguez. Technology Director.

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German teens went crazy for this ‘compliments’ app, and now VCs are backing its next phase

TechCrunch

Equally, teens are going through a stage in life where almost every social interaction seems to carry portent of some kind of other. This would explain in part why apps like SendIt, NGL, and Nocapp (some are Snapchat connected tools) took off as ways for teens to anonymously comment on each other. Just ask Snapchat.

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Copper Banking adds $9M in funding as digital banks clamor for teen customers

TechCrunch

Copper Banking , a digital banking service aimed at teens, announced today it has raised a total of $13.3 We worked with millions of teens and parents in our previous company,” Behringer told TechCrunch. The result, Behringer adds, is fewer fees for its teen customers. million in seed funding. The pair attribute Snap!

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Square is letting the teens use Cash App

The Verge

Teens won’t be able to do just anything with Cash App, though — they won’t have access to the investing or Bitcoin features, despite Jack Dorsey’s passion for crypto , and Square says they won’t be able to deposit checks. Still, Cash App’s popularity (especially on Twitter, also founded by Jack Dorsey) could help make it the choice for teens.

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This is Facebook’s internal research on the mental health effects of Instagram

The Verge

The Wall Street Journal reported that the files showed Instagram knew the social media network has a negative affect on teens’ mental health. Facebook has pushed back on the WSJ’s characterizations of its research, saying that “it is simply not accurate that this research demonstrates Instagram is ‘toxic’ for teen girls.”.

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