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The secret online lives of high schoolers: FX's 'Social Studies' lifts the veil

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Lauren Greenfield followed a diverse group of L.A.-area kids as they tip-toed out of lockdown.

The FX docuseries chronicled their lives as they slowly returned to normalcy shattered by COVID .

To take part in the series, Greenfield required her cast to expose their lives, and also their phones.

The kids were so brave for putting so much of their lives on camera: their fears, their insecurities, very intimate details.

I think they were eager to tell their stories and be listened to.

The epiphany these kids come to was very gratifying but also very simple — it was, can’t we just talk like this in real life?.

Parents in our generation have been very focused on safety; much more than when I was a kid.

I think kids have been carrying this burden of other people not understanding what they're going through, and it’s pretty overwhelming.

Sydney called herself part of the guinea pig generation. I believe in the value of technology.