To make social media a place for positive outcomes, what matters most is what’s happening outside it. Social and digital spaces can’t be the only place where life, and the connection that comes with it, is happening.To ensure this technology serves as a conduit for well-being...
According to a survey conducted in 2022, 46 percent of teenagers in the United States said that social media had a positive effect on them personally due to being able to connect and socialize on such services. Overall, six percent of respondents reported feeling that social media provided benef...
“They thought it was a really quick route to being rich, famous and popular and to being an influencer on social media. They got a reality check about that.”Just as Rothman doesn’t support forbidding teens to watch porn, she also doesn’t believe in scaring them away from pornography ...
Here are the positive affirmations for teens dealing with bullying, self-acceptance, negative self-talk, and the range of issues accompanying adolescent life. The people judging me are the ones most afraid of being judged. I forgive those who have harmed me and peacefully detach from them. It ...
3. Look at the social context. Positive embodiment doesn’t develop on its own. Teens are under pressure from all directions, including peers, social media, and parents. 【4】 And we can challenge society as a whole to promote places and spaces where girls can develop positive embodiment in...
Shedding light on how to help teens Social media has been linked to mental health issues. Just last month, research out of Canada showed that higher levels of social media use was linked withincreased depressive symptomsin adolescents. With this study, the problem is put in a better context....
Social media use has been linked to depression, especially in teenage girls. But a new study argues that the issue may be more complex than experts think.
It is worth noting that using Facebook for collecting and sharing information was a positive predictor of the outcomes, but using it for socializing was a negative predictor. The most interesting finding was that time spent on Facebook was strongly and negatively related to GPA, while weakly ...
, “Send private messages to them through social media?”, and “Reach out to them publicly on social media (share a link/photo with them, comment on or “like” their status updates, write on their timeline)?” The response scale ranged from 1 (Never) to 7 (Several times a day). ...
I’ll admit it right at the start: When I think about teens and social media, I immediately begin to tally up the negatives. What good could possibly come from teens and tweens spending gobs of time on online networks, posting nonstop “selfies,” some in rather suggestive poses, and...