> shows that the more time children spend chatting on Facebook, Snapchat, WhatsApp and Instagram, the less happy they feel about their school work<p>Maybe they have spent less time on the school work because they spent more time chatting.<p>> However, the economists were surprised to find nothing to support the popular theory that time spent on social networks had an adverse effect on children because it left them less time to do other, potentially more rewarding, activities.<p>Well there are only twenty-four hours in the day, so if they spent X hours on social media that only leaves 24 - X hours for other activities, so that doesn't make any sense whatsoever.