Surgeon general’s advisory about social media’s impacts on youth and adolescents, stanford scholar jeff hancock reflects on what parents, policymakers, and educators can do to help children create healthy habits online.

Web — legislation introduced by four senators aims to prohibit all children under the age of 13 from using social media and would give parents more control over what teenagers under the age of 18 can access.

They delve into the potential mental health impacts, safety concerns, and the role of parents and government in regulating social media use among young people.

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Children should have more unsupervised play and childhood independence.

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Web — children should not be on social media before 16.

They can restrict social media and risk social ostracism and isolation, or they can let their children join and risk all the consequences of social media use.

Web — we need to understand the risks our children are facing and the impacts a new digital form of social connectivity can have on them.

Web — florida governor ron desantis has vetoed legislation that would ban social media accounts for children under the age of 16, but the issue isn't going away.

The two democrats and two republicans are parents of young children and teenagers.

Web — to protect children, the online safety act 2023 requires social media companies to (among other things):

Web — there are growing calls for a ban on children accessing social media, with support on both sides of politics, but experts are divided.

Web — there are growing calls across the world to ban smartphones in schools and restrict youngsters from social media.

Desantis, a republican, expects.

Webin this episode, brett and ellen discuss the controversial topic of whether children under 16 should be banned from using social media.

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