Social media presents a “profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents.”
Who is most responsible for the mental health crisis among American teenagers stemming from their use of smartphones and social media platforms?
Teen car wash worker has lemonade hurled at her, retaliates by spraying pressure hose at rude customer in viral video
Culture-watcher Mark Bauerlein recently did all of us a favor in his First Things article, “What Parents Can Do About TikTok.
Thirty-seven percent of teenage girls between 13 and 15 were exposed to unwanted nudity in a week on Instagram
Instagram’s own algorithm was promoting the discoverability of victims for pedophiles seeking child abuse material
Selfie-related deaths are…a silly youthful mistake. An unhealthy extension of our celebrity culture and social media pressures
Is TikTok manipulating its platform to ensure that the most toxic content reaches the largest possible audience?
Social media can have negative, sometimes dire, impacts on teens’ physical and mental health
TikTok Army’ received hundreds of thousands from George Soros to push left-wing causes, bash conservatives
What the Catholic Church teaches about the human person and why modern culture’s embrace of “gender ideology” is not only wrong but…
Generation Z Is Swapping Risky Behavior for Different Risky Behavior
For you busy parents, caregivers and educators out there, we’ve distilled it down to 10 useful takeaways
“If you look at the prevalence of cross-sex identification in young people and the arrival of the mass adoption of smartphones ……
Pew Research Center asking teens – and their parents – about their experiences with and views toward social media
We can’t warn our children against every scam and trap in the world. So how can we teach them to be wise…
The legacy media have a preset narrative machine when it comes to mass shootings. That narrative machine takes into account the identities…
“Pharmaceutical marketers have noticed the power of patient persuasion and begun to leverage ‘patient influencers’ in brand campaigns,”
It isn’t just the algorithms, but lessons from a competitive culture
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox approved legislation that would limit access by young people to social media platforms, the first state-wide restriction of…
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew admitted to Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks that the Chinese app tracks users’ keystrokes during a House Committee on…
Almost 70% of American teenagers use TikTok. Though the content teenagers scroll through masquerades as harmless short videos, many of the videos…
The Chinese app’s recommendation algorithm is so advanced that within ten minutes, it will start pushing suicide videos if the young TikTok…
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Our relationship with social media has made us consumers of people.
Over communist spying concerns
Murthy told CNN on Sunday that he believes being on social media “does a disservice” to kids early in their teen years
Policy can be limiting to transgender-identified individuals, board claims
The Cyberguy’ Kurt Knutsson breaks down third-party supervision over TikTok and widespread collegiate bans on the app
A high school group that promotes a lifestyle of self-liberation from social media and technology
Well, it’s that private information could potentially end up in Chinese hands and used in ways that would negatively impact Americans
The app misleads children in particular about the level of inappropriate content and the security of consumer information
Prior projects have found a connection between adolescent social media use and disordered eating or negative body image
Aimed at minors, incorrectly markets puberty-blocking drugs as safe substances that can be used “like a stop sign” to halt puberty
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Seducing Our Daughters’ the impact transgenderism is having on girls
Teenagers actually want to talk about their tech struggles. But parents and guardians need new talking points.
Young parents’ inability to handle kids’ screen time habits leading to more arguments, family tension
Tweens who spend more time on screens have a higher likelihood of developing disruptive behavior disorders, with social media having an especially…
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By last year it was up to 44 percent, the highest level of teenage sadness ever recorded
We’ve included a number of books that may also help you think through these issues before you talk with your teenagers.
Viral TikTok trend dubbed “Gentle Minions,” where large groups of teens dress up in formal attire to go see the movie
Teens are using emoji and secret lingo to find illegal drugs. How parents can crack the code
Social media has been a significant catalyst for teenagers questioning their gender identities today
Popular means that everyone knows you, but they may not necessarily consider you a buddy
Apple ‘Tracker’ Following Teen Visiting Disney World
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Young people have 24/7 access to sites that are constantly telling them they should be depressed about it
Taking advantage of these tools is a key step in protecting our children. But the most important thing we can do for…
Fueled by isolation and social media, some youth rush toward gender identity as answer to distress
“Whoever you want to be, it’s yours to make on Instagram!”
“On the whole, I would say totally worth it,” he said. “I mean, I would do it again.”
because they isolate young people from their friends, study shows
‘Dangerous by design’ metaverse apps allow children to access immersive digital sex clubs
New study boldly claims there is a “direct association between celebrity worship and poorer performance on cognitive tests.”
Inside a dangerous TikTok trend that keeps sending kids to the hospital
When thinking about our kids and technology, it might be more helpful to think of it in terms of cost and benefits
Effective marketing promises remedies to our insecurities
The American Academy of Pediatrics and Canadian Pediatric Society recommends no more than 1 to 2 hours of screen use per day
Remember, Instagram is a corporation that puts its interests before its users
“The United States is facing an unprecedented crisis of overdose deaths fueled by illegally manufactured fentanyl and methamphetamine.”
Smartphone seems more like a drug draining the creativity out of the next generation
Teenagers are looking for answers: Am I worthwhile? What makes me worthwhile? How am I unique from others? Are those uniqueness’ good…
This course gives parents and caregivers strategies and insights to parent confidently in a technology-dependent world
Data from kids in 37 nations links this to use of cell phones and the internet
Twice as many children between the ages of 9 and 12 reported sending nudes or other Self-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material (SG-CSAM)…
Kids who exercised more and used technology less during the pandemic had better mental health outcomes.
Using Instagram or Snapchat before age 11 was significantly related to more problematic digital behaviors compared to those who joined these platforms…
An attack on a disabled teacher that was recorded during a suspected TikTok challenge earlier this month
Teenage girls across the globe have been showing up at doctors’ offices with tics—since the start of the pandemic
“I quickly realize that my phone is broadcasting LIVE on Instagram. In my hand. While I am in the shower.”
Her parents fixated on her beauty and said ‘it seemed important to them both … that their daughter be perceived as beautiful’
Salazar, who had nearly 2 million followers on the platform, was loved for his lip-syncing and skits
A bombshell report in the Wall Street Journal shows that Facebook, which owns Instagram, is well aware of the teen mental health…
5 senators are demanding answers from Facebook
‘Social Dilemma’ star blasts Facebook for putting profits ahead of people: ‘This is catastrophic’
By Mark R. Levin. The widespread brainwashing of students, the anti-American purposes of Critical Race Theory
“Facebook is shaping the future of religious experience itself, as it has done for political and social life.”
By Jonathan McKee: Guiding Your Kids to Be Wise in a Digital World
To recreate a popular video in which someone uses flammable liquid on a mirror to draw a shape and then lights it…
“It has definitely been fun getting to have extra sets of grandparents. I plan on staying for quite a while!”
These findings come from a nationally representative survey of 1,502 U.S. adults conducted via telephone Jan. 25-Feb.8, 2021
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A popular social media trend that involves choking oneself until loss of consciousness
how we can take control of social media rather than giving it permission to take control of us?
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Romance is in the air…“expectations” of how young people are supposed to behave in intimate settings
Teenagers’ mental health is being damaged by heavy social media use, a report has found
Solicited her for sexual activity, and then traveled to meet and engage in sexual contact with the 13 year old victim
Seducing Our Daughters’ the impact transgenderism is having on girls