From Bye Bye Birdie to The Baby-Sitters Club to Mean Girls and everything in between, the cultural history of teen and tween girls and the telephone is long and storied. But how do the girls of today use the phone when it is no longer a landline but rather a back-pocket accessory?
Generation Z, the first generation of digital natives, has a relationship with phones and the internet like no other generation before. Notably, it is the first generation to learn to navigate an iPhone at the same age they learn to walk. While many say the proliferation of loneliness and unhappiness among this rising generation is phone-related, it’s safe to say the phone is not going away — and if anything, it’s becoming a stronger staple of modern life.
To take a look into the contemporary relationship between teen girls and their phones, Yahoo Lifestyle asked three girls from across the country to track their phone usage for a day. Gone are the days of phone booths, and hamburger phones in bedrooms; but more than ever, a phone is a young girl’s connection to her world.
Fredrike Giron, 16, New York City
Fred Giron is an 11th grader in Manhattan. She loves soccer and The Handmaid’s Tale. On average, she spends two or more hours a day on her phone. “I get so sick of being on my phone sometimes,” she says. This is her day in screenshots.
7:10 a.m.: When I first wake up, I usually just like to see what notifications I’ve gotten since falling asleep. I hate immediately going on my phone, so I’ll quickly check the time and see if there are any urgent messages.
12 p.m.: I checked my email, mostly just to delete junk. I don’t check my email too often unless there is someone I have to respond to.
3 p.m.: I went to the dance parade! The dancers were fabulously dressed, so of course I had to take a picture.
6:07 p.m.: As the day is winding down, I’ll check Twitter because that’s one of my sources of news. I love to see others’ reactions to huge events. Twitter definitely isn’t my favorite social media app, purely because I can’t bring myself to check it enough, but it’s a great way to snoop.
8:59 p.m.: I texted my friend to check in on her birthday party.
10:11 p.m.: And finally, when I lay down to go to bed, I had to delete Instagram. I felt sick after a day of constant checking, and suddenly felt a swarm of anxiety. It helps me to sleep better knowing it’s no longer on my phone, even though I’ll end up re-downloading it the next day.
Audrey Farmer, 11, Kansas City, Mo.
Audrey Farmer is a sixth grader in Kansas City, Mo., and a proud Little Sister in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America program. On average, she spends three hours a day on her phone. “I can only download apps with my parents’ permission, and we usually aren’t allowed to use [our phones] in school,” she explains. This is her day in screenshots. 
Wake up: Just watched some YouTube for 15 minutes.
12 p.m.: Played around on Snapchat for a bit.
3 p.m.: Took a pic of my family while playing Clue.
6:09 p.m.: Just checked YouTube for notifications.
9 p.m.: Snapchat!!!! Just checking friends’ stories.
9:53 p.m.: Just checked YouTube one last time before bed.
Ina Bhoopalam, 17, Lincoln, Neb.
Ina Bhoopalam is 17 years old and lives in Lincoln, Neb., “the Cornhusker State!!” She is an activist, and the president of Girl Up Lincoln Public Schools — a United Nations campaign helping girls take action to change the world. Ina says she typically spends two to three hours a day on her phone, and that it’s a key tool in her activism work, whether that’s organizing meetings with state representatives or fighting for refugee education. This is her day in screenshots. 
Poster Comment:
I changed the title to something more truthful.
This protocol and routine is likely very typical. Be sure to CHECK OUT THOSE PHONE SCREEN SHOTS.
As you can see, these little future p***y-hat wearing, man-hater fascists awaken immediately to fake political "news" and "Lifestyle news" which promote and normalize everything homo, "trans", freaky, and sexual. And predictably, to be hateful of everything Trump, traditional or conservatism.
This coming generation (referred to as the "Z-Gen") is being groomed to become Dem-Leftist social activists and crusaders. Their daily incoming smartphone informs/condition them with daily "notifications" of select "news" from G00gle Propaganda Inc, Yahoo Propaganda Inc, YouBoob, and Twitter.
THE usual Dem agenda and talking points are being fed here like rat poison pellets as you can plainly see.
What does it remind you of? MAYBE...
Adolph Hitler, Nov. 6, 1933:
"Your child belongs to us already. … What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing else but this new community.’”Hitler On May 1, 1937:
“The youth of today is ever the people of tomorrow. For this reason we have set before ourselves the task of inoculating our youth with the spirit of this community of the people at a very early age, at an age when human beings are still unperverted and therefore unspoiled...this new Reich will give its youth to no one, but will itself take youth and give to youth its own education and its own upbringing.”
Karl Marx:
“Take away the heritage of a people and they are easily destroyed.”
Hitlery Clinton:
"As @FLOTUS [Bigfoot] said, the choice in this election is about who will have the power to shape our children for the next four years of their lives. — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 15, 2016(Or also consider Hitlery's, 'It Takes A [Marxist] Village').
#1: Hank Rearden To: Liberator (#0)
Hank Rearden posted on 2018-06-02 14:40:55 Reply Private Reply
#2: Justified To: Hank Rearden (#1)
Actually its fun to play horrendous to watch. To me its a lot like watching Basketball. Truth is I really don't like watching sports. To me its like watching porn. Why? Would you rather not have sex than watch someone else having sex!
Justified posted on 2018-06-02 14:46:47 Reply Private Reply
#3: Deckard To: Liberator (#0)
Unfortunately, there are several here at LF who embrace these ideals, as well as the ideals expressed here:
The collective owns each and every child in America.
Deckard posted on 2018-06-02 14:53:54 Reply Private Reply
#4: Tooconservative To: Liberator (#0)
I think that if a kid is extroverted and has a lot of activities, a smartphone has no great impact overall. I also think that for introverted kids, the smartphone is a way to avoid real life altogether, that they'd rather spend time with their phone than even their friends.
Young people also seem to have a palpable fear of being anywhere that they can't get a good enough signal. And they seem to rarely make actual voice calls and many just let every call go to voicemail and rely on texting or other online messenger apps for nearly all of their communication.
I think the result is that young people are more fragile overall and have a lot of unrealistic expectations of the world.
The smartphone has changed the world far more than even the invention of the telephone.
Tooconservative posted on 2018-06-02 14:54:31 Reply Private Reply
#5: Liberator To: Deckard (#3)
Rosenanne's Tweet was .00001 as dangerous as this name-hyphenated BLM-Dem Stalinist.
I've always maintained that the most dangerous, egregeous of Stalnist-Fascists in positions of "leadership" and power (whether internationally/corporately/academe/MSM) are...WOMEN.
Liberator posted on 2018-06-02 15:26:33 Reply Private Reply
#6: Liberator To: Tooconservative (#4)
Yep. Their physical lives have become cyber-lives. (If you haven't already watched the dark show, 'Black Mirror' on Netflix, do so. It is a prophetic cautionary tale of much of what's happening as a result of high-tech comm replacing human interaction.)
I agree. These Smartphones no doubt hamstring/victimize introverts, cornering them them to become even more withdrawn and anti-social. (Fatherless families" only further bury them in solitude. Thus social misfits in face to face situations. As a result, aren't these young people conditioned to fill this void by acting out and targeting their angst on orders from their social media feeds? (TARGET: WHITES. MEN. TRUMP. "PATRIARCHY").
Young people also seem to have a palpable fear of being anywhere that they can't get a good enough signal. And they seem to rarely make actual voice calls and many just let every call go to voicemail and rely on texting or other online messenger apps for nearly all of their communication.
To that I say, Isn't that true? You can sense that it IS an actual and palpable "fear". I've seen it...well...EVERYWHERE. Heck -- they don't even bother to hide their panic, do they?
As to texting rather than even speaking -- yeah, they've even pushed the paranoia and devolution of communication to that extent. Those who read tweets and yahoo comments know that these Millennials have ZERO real-people communications skills, making them even MORE prone to withdrawal from real life situations and communication.
I think the result is that young people are more fragile overall and have a lot of unrealistic expectations of the world...The smartphone has changed the world far more than even the invention of the telephone.
Undoubtedly -- The Smartphone has monumentally changed mankind, but especially the young. "Reality" for them is now blurred. High Tech is confusing the line even more...when it's not holding their weak collective psyches and "self" hostage. What's happening is sad.
Liberator posted on 2018-06-02 16:04:28 Reply Private Reply
#7: Hondo68 To: Deckard, It takes a Village, Donnells Kids (#3)
Every knee must bow to Trump.
Hondo68 posted on 2018-06-02 16:15:41 Reply Private Reply
#8: Hank Rearden To: Justified (#2)
Me neither. I watch zero sports; none at all - there are few things more boring to me than watching other people play games. It's one of the reasons I didn't miss cable TV for five minutes since I killed it four years ago - I really resented my money going to mouth-breathers I wasn't interested in supporting.
Life has too many possibilities to waste it watching sports. Formula 1 was pretty good for about 20 minutes, I'll admit, and it's fun on my PS3. I get playing them, but unless it's your kid on the field ..... watching? Uh, no. Even then, I'd have my Kindle at hand.
Hank Rearden posted on 2018-06-02 23:09:53 Reply Private Reply