Providing information and resources for parents, youth workers and educators to help kids navigate their digital world.
Seeking validation from mental-illness groups on social media has created a youth epidemic of “Digital Social Contagions,” with alarming rates of addiction, depression, suicide and gender dysphoria. Read the article here.
Research has shown that young adults who use social media are three times as likely to suffer from depression—putting a large portion of the population at risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Read the article here.
Teens’ digital struggles are part of a larger issue they’re facing. Read the article here.
Youngsters who spend a lot of time in front of a screen are at greater risk of developing behavior disorders, warned a new study. Read the article here.
Young people are learning how online content is wreaking havoc on their self esteem, and making it their mission to help other young people avoid the same fate. Read the article here.
Many kids have a smartphone by age 12, and some even younger. Read the article here.
The social media platform has become the psychiatrist’s couch for Gen Z. Read the article here.
Researchers are trying to figure out who’s at risk. Read the article here.
A social media diet of perfect bodies is spurring some teenage boys to form muscle dysmorphia. Read the article here.
According to a study by The National Institutes of Health, the proportion of young people in the U.S. between the ages of 13 and 17 years who own a smartphone is 89%, more than double the amount just six years ago. Read the article here.