How To Be On Social Media Without Feeling Sad
According to the CDC, 6-in-10 teen girls report feeling hopelessly sad. Evidence shows social media may have a lot to do with it. But social media is also where young people want to spend their time.
Rules and restrictions aren’t enough. So our goal with this session was to provide parents and teens with practical coping tools to help mitigate the mental health harms social media can cause.
Learn skills and strategies from leading mental health and youth digital media advocates and hear answers to questions asked by parents and teens.
Below you’ll find a list of recommended resources that the speakers mentioned during the session. If your child needs more support (and you live in a state where we can deliver it), please get in touch with us.
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List of resources mentioned
1. Center for Humane Technology: Resources for controlling tech use :
https://www.humanetech.com/take-control
2. Behind Their Screens: What Teens Are Facing (And Adults Are Missing):
https://www.behindtheirscreens.com/
3. Center for Digital Thriving resources (from the Harvard Graduate School of Education): https://digitalthriving.gse.harvard.edu/resources#list
How to use the resources
4. More webinars on the topic from Children and Screens
How to talk to kids about online bullying: article
How to talk to kids about online bullying: webinar
Anxiety and digital media: webinar
Depression and digital media: webinar
