Usually when statistics conflict with whats in front of your eyes, its the statistics that are wrong.
I don't know about suicide rates but let's look at antidepressants. From 2016 to 2022, the monthly antidepressant dispensing rate among U.S. adolescents increased by 66.3%. This has been a steady increase, not just covid.
Anyone with teenagers in their home knows that a lot of kids are medicated and have high level of angst. Everyone knows that social media is almost always a net negative on their self image and overall well being. That's not to mention the sexualization of children on TikTok and Instagram and the perverse incentive now that only fans is an option and increasingly normalized.
Children on phones are distracted. I'm even distracted and I have pretty high self control. They don't belong anywhere near a school. Maybe they're neutral, but are we really willing to bet your children's well-being on that? Shouldn't we try to have them live a life more similar to that of every other teenager born before 1990?
Parents experience similar negative consequences of social media doom-scrolling. I don't need a study to tell me whats right in front of my eyes.
I don't know about suicide rates but let's look at antidepressants. From 2016 to 2022, the monthly antidepressant dispensing rate among U.S. adolescents increased by 66.3%. This has been a steady increase, not just covid.
Anyone with teenagers in their home knows that a lot of kids are medicated and have high level of angst. Everyone knows that social media is almost always a net negative on their self image and overall well being. That's not to mention the sexualization of children on TikTok and Instagram and the perverse incentive now that only fans is an option and increasingly normalized.
Children on phones are distracted. I'm even distracted and I have pretty high self control. They don't belong anywhere near a school. Maybe they're neutral, but are we really willing to bet your children's well-being on that? Shouldn't we try to have them live a life more similar to that of every other teenager born before 1990?
Parents experience similar negative consequences of social media doom-scrolling. I don't need a study to tell me whats right in front of my eyes.
https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/153/3/e20230...