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Instagram Lives at My House

It’s in my car, at the grocery store, in the bathroom and in bed with my kids.   I’ve never seen anything like it, not Facebook or regular texting or even that Snapchat thing.   It’s alive. I asked my 12 year-old what the big deal is with this (not so) new “app.” She said, “I don’t know, I guess it's because everyone is on it so you always know what everyone is up to.”   That’s how she summed it up.   I think that really is Instagram’s “reason for being.”   But it’s beginning to seem like it’s my kids’ reason for being -- too.   Then there are the coded comments under each photo, be it painted toenails, a bikini-clad teen, or a new pair of Jordans: “stunna”, perf babe, ily, ilysm, omg flawless!   I’m starting to wonder about the sincerity of the next generation.   If every photo of a tween or teen is followed by 10 or 15 “omg flawlesses” how can each one really mean anything?   Is the recipient of the countless grat...