Except, I don't believe a minute of this. I have sisters and cousins.<p>This is blowing things far out of proportion. It's like watching Mean Girls and then assuming all of high school is like that for every single student.
As a former middle school teacher who taught in two very different schools: it depends a lot on the parents and location. One school I was at was nothing like this, the other just like this.
One of the best articles on this topic I've seen...pity it sank like a stone as it's pretty much a summary of what's wrong with existing social media.
While reading this article, keep just one thing in mind: think back to every "teenagers these days" article you saw back in your teens, and how closely it actually reflected your own experience as a teenager.