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Apr 12, 2024 · In The Anxious Generation, psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues that social media is ruining teens’ mental health. But some experts say he’s overstating the evidence and fueling a moral panic.
Sep 1, 2023 · As APA’s recommendations make clear, there is ample evidence some types of content and online behaviors can harm youth. Adult role models can work together with teens to understand the pitfalls of technology and establish boundaries to protect them from dangerous content and excessive screen time.
Nov 15, 2019 · Four out of five experts said yes. The four experts who ultimately found social media is damaging said so for its negative effects on mental health, disturbances to sleep, cyberbullying,...
- Social Media Use in Kids and Teens Isn’T All Bad
- Kids and Teens Are Uniquely Vulnerable to Social Media’S Potential Risks
- The Data on Safe Social Media Use For Kids and Teens Is Incomplete
- The Problem Is Too Big For Parents to Go at Alone
- Talk About Social Media with Your Kids — Especially When They’Re Younger
- Teach Your Kids Social Media Literacy
- Limit Harmful Content
- Don’T Let Social Media Disrupt Healthy Behaviors
- Be Alert For Problematic Use
- Practice What You Preach
Online, teens can find “positive community and connection with others who share identities, abilities, and interests,” per the Surgeon General’s advisory. This support may be especially helpful for teens with chronic diseases, who are LGBTQ+, or who otherwise feel isolated, says Nagata. The APA advisory recommends encouraging teens to use social me...
Though social media isn’t all bad, teens’ brain development makes this age group much more vulnerable to social media’s drawbacks than adults', says Dr. McCabe, who works with teens and families as a licensed clinical psychologist and is also associate clinical professor of pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington...
Although parents might yearn for clarity on age minimums or time limits for social media use for kids, you won’t find these precise numbers in either the APA or the Surgeon General’s advisory. That’s because the research isn’t there yet, says McCabe. The Surgeon General’s advisory devotes two pages to “known evidence gaps,” including how a kid’s de...
“This can't be on parents alone,” says psychologist Jacqueline Nesi, PhD, a member of the APA expert advisory panel and assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, who studies how social media affects adolescents. While parents need information and tools to deal with kids' use of social medi...
As much as young people may crave total independence online, the APA advisory calls for “adult monitoring” of social media use, particularly for kids ages 10 to 14. There’s reason to believe the risks of social media use are larger in early adolescents because it’s a “period of greater biological, social, and psychological transitions,” per the APA...
Parents can “teach kids about technology and empower them to be responsible online,” per the Surgeon General’s advisory. The APA advisory says kids should have “training in social media literacy” before they begin using social media. Also called digital citizenship or digital literacy, social media literacy refers to skills that help you responsibl...
Both the APA and Surgeon General advisories call for limiting or avoiding exposure to harmful content on social media, notes Nagata. Per the APA advisory, this includes content showing: 1. Illegal or Psychologically Maladaptive Behavior Examples include self-harm, violence to others, and eating-disordered behavior. 2. CyberhateThis covers cyberbull...
Social media use shouldn’t get in the way of other activities that are important for well-being, says Nesi. The APA advisory notes that social media shouldn’t “interfere with adolescents’ sleep and physical activity,” and the Surgeon General’s adds that parents should “encourage children to foster in-person friendships.” Sleep, in particular, is es...
Teens are prone to problematic social media use, and parents should be on the lookout. Problematic use can make it difficult for teens “to engage in daily roles and routines and may present risk for more serious psychological harms over time,” according to the APA advisory. Signs of problematic use, per APA, include hiding or lying about social med...
“One of the biggest predictors of teens' screen use and social media use is their parents' use,” says Nagata. (Researchhas found a link.) If you want your teen to stay off their phone during dinner, but you check yours, your kid may not be likely to respect the rule either, he points out. Per the APA advisory, “adults’ own use of social media in yo...
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Feb 3, 2022 · As children and teens increasingly go online for entertainment and connection, parents, scholars, and policymakers are concerned that young people’s biology is making them particularly vulnerable to—and in some cases, even exploited by—social media.
Although social media can present some risks, it’s important to understand what the benefits are to give your child the guidance they need to make the best out of their social media use. Below is a list of ways social media can be a source for good for children and young internet users.
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Apr 1, 2020 · They’re looking at the environment that surrounds screen time, including parenting and socioeconomic status. And they’re buckling down for the long haul, building new longitudinal studies that will help answer complex questions about kids, teens and screens.
