Data Points: How Social Media Impacts Kids’ Mental Health (featuring Dr. Corey Emanuel)

*Content Warning: anxiety, depression, mental illness, suicidal ideation, suicide, cyberbullying, cyberstalking, sextortion, and predatory internet grooming.

Resources:

National Alliance on Mental Illness: http://www.nami.org

SOSA — Safe from Online Sex Abuse: https://sosatogether.org/

Healthy Children – How to Make a Family Media Plan: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/Media/Pages/How-to-Make-a-Family-Media-Use-Plan.aspx

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