Teens with ADHD TikTok Is My Therapist: The Dangers and Promise of Viral #MentalHealth Videos #ADHD videos on TikTok have now received 2.4 billion views. These short, viral clips are spreading ADHD awareness, building community, and destigmatizing mental health. They are also perpetuating ste...
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With a recent study showing that 67% of US teens (aged 13-17) are using TikTok, it’s no wonder that child safety on the app has become a major part of public discourse. For its part, TikTok has been taking steps to safeguard younger users. In 2019 it partnered with the Family Onli...
But couple that with the fact that TikTok is glorifying (and trivializing) plastic surgery to its primary audience—teens and children—it’s unsettling to say the least that young women are seeking to undergo surgery that alters their physical appearance whenthey’re not even done growing. ...
Galaxy Gas has become a popular trend among teenagers, largely due to the influence of social media. Videos showing teens using Galaxy Gas have gone viral on platforms like TikTok, attracting millions of views. The product’s easy accessibility, both online and in retail stores, has also contri...
Our youngest users are also chatting on Skype and sharing pictures on Facebook. Theirolder teen siblingsare equally engaged, with many admitting they’re on Snapchat, YouTube, and TikTok almost constantly. With families increasingly separated by physical distance, social media and video call platfor...
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14-year-old boy dies after falling off train while subway surfing in Queens, police say TikTok partly to blame for teens injured, killed in Brooklyn subway surfing incident, Mayor Adams says Teenagers subway surfing struck by L train in Brooklyn, 1 killed ...
“It is very hard to navigate as a parent. To know how much involvement and monitoring and a lot of times it is completely out of our hands,” she said. Allison Nordlinger is a clinical social worker. She is also a mom to two te...
"It's not a creation by Iran or Saudi Arabia: It's for women who are trying to enjoy a very Western activity, like sitting on a beach in the sand," Alouane said. After Cannes, the towns of Villeneuve-Loubet and Sisco on the island of Corsica — where abrawlerupted between Muslim ...