Many health experts are calling it a second pandemic.įor instance, according to Mental Health America (MHA), the number of youth who experienced a major depressive episode in 2021 increased by 206,000 from the previous year.Īccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide attempts among U.S. This rise of social media use in young people coincides with a rise in mental health concerns.
parents reported that their teens used more social media than they did before the pandemic. teens ages 13–17 use or have used social media.Īccording to 2020 data from Statista, 63 percent of U.S. “It’s almost like the world doing some kind of experiment on them: ‘Oh, let’s see what happens if you expose a 12-year-old to that much technology.'”Īccording to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 90 percent of U.S. “I feel really bad for the ones that are teenagers now,” she said.
Penélope Cruz recently announced on CBS that her children aren’t allowed to use social media until they’re 16.
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