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Authored By: 

Blake Lutz, Caitlin Browne, & Dane Miller

 The internet.

The phenomenon responsible for the development of social media, video games, and video streaming. These three sedentary activities are continuously consuming more and more of children’s time. But what effects does this have on children? As sports performance coaches with a decade’s worth of experience coaching kids, we can use our experiences and findings from recent studies to speculate.

Findings:

1. Children and young adults are defining themselves by an external online profile.

Young girls giggle. It sometimes indicates that she is having fun, its joyful! But girls often giggle to alleviate stress and tension. We want girls to be empowered by their own actions to be confident in their abilities, and to be motivated by their successes. When a girl lets out a nervous giggle she receives a positive reaction