Today's grandparents are joining their grandchildren ... social media, but the different generations' online habits couldn't be similar.
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In ... UK the over-55s are joining Facebook in increasing numbers, meaning that they will soon be ... site's second biggest user group, with 3.5 million users aged 55–64 and 2.9 million over-65s.
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Sheila, aged 59, says, 'I joined to see what ..., as my daughter posts videos and photos of them.
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It's a ... way to see what they're doing than waiting for letters and photos in the post.
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That's how we ... it when I was a child, but I think I'm lucky I get to see so much more of their lives than my grandparents did.
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Ironically, Sheila's grandchildren are less likely to use Facebook ....
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Children under 17 in the UK are leaving the site – only 2.2 ... users are under 17 – but they're not going far from their smartphones.
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Chloe, aged 15, even ... with her phone.
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It's my alarm clock so I have to,' she says. 'I look at it ... I go to sleep and ... I wake up.'
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... her grandmother's generation, Chloe's age group is spending so much time on their phones at home that they are missing out on spending time with their friends in real life.
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Sheila, on the other hand, made contact with old friends from school she ... for forty years. '
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We use Facebook ... to meet all over the country,' she says. 'It's changed my social life completely.
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Teenagers might have their parents to thank ... their smartphone and social media addiction as their parents were the early adopters of the smartphone.
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Peter, 38 and father of two teenagers, reports that he ... on his phone or laptop constantly. I was always connected and I felt like I was always working,' he says.
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How could I tell my kids to ... their phones if I was always in front of a screen myself?'
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So, ... the evenings and ... weekends, he takes his SIM card out of his smartphone and puts it into an old-style mobile phone that can only make calls and send text messages.
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I'm not completely cut off from the world in case of emergencies, but the important thing is I'm setting a better example ... my kids and spending more quality time with them.
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Is it only a matter of time until the generation above and below Peter ... with the new trend for a less digital life?
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