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Four percent fewer Hispanic teens over those two years felt persistently sad or hopeless, experienced poor mental health and seriously considered attempting suicide, and 3% fewer made a suicide plan.
Hopelessness feelings in school-age children rise 40% over 10 years. Feelings of persistent sadness or hopelessness grew by 40% from 2009 to 2019, according to the CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Using social media for more than 30 minutes per day increases teen mental health risks. As mentioned, the average teenager spends nearly five hours per day on social media, but more than a half ...
Teen Kids News (initially titled EKN Worldwide Kids News, alternately abbreviated on-air as TKN since 2012 and previously known as Kids News) is an American educational newsmagazine series aimed at adolescents between the ages of 13 and 16 years old and their parents that debuted in first-run syndication on September 27, 2003.
A recent national survey of 1787 young adults looked at the use of 11 different social media platforms. The survey showed that the teens that used between 7 and 11 platforms were three times at risk for depression or anxiety. Depression is one of the leading causes of suicide. Another problem with teens and social media is cyberbullying.
The Kids Online Safety Act, if signed into law, would require Internet service platforms to take measures to reduce online dangers for these users via a "duty of care" provision, requiring Internet service platforms to comply by reducing and preventing harmful practices towards minors, including bullying and violence, content "promoting ...
On the other hand, as shown in study after study cited by the report, social media has the clear potential to hurt the health of teenagers, and in situations where a teenager is already ...
In the article, "Adolescent Social Media Use and Mental Health from Adolescent and Parent Perspectives" by Christopher T. Barry, Chloe L. Sidoti, Shanelle M. Briggs, Shari R. Reiter, and Rebecca A. Lindsey, there is a sample survey conducted with 226 participants (113 parent-adolescent days) from throughout the United States, with adolescents ...