The American Psychological Association is calling on social media platforms to create “special protections” to help offset the negative effects of social media usage for children and teenagers.
The American Psychological Association is calling on social media platforms to create “special protections” to help offset the negative effects of social media usage for children and teenagers.
While the right to freedom of expression is guaranteed, not all speech is constitutionally protected. When speech is wielded in a weaponized way, it cannot be protected.
America’s young people face a mental health crisis, and adults constantly debate how much to blame phones and social media. A new round of conversation has been spurred by Jonathan Haidt’s book “The Anxious Generation,” which contends that rising mental health issues in children and adolescents are the result of social media replacing key experiences during formative years of brain development. The book has been criticized by academics, and rightfully so. Haidt’s argument is based largely on...
From state capitols to Washington, D.C., lawmakers are scrambling to come up with regulations that can protect kids from the potential harms of social media, since the platforms have been unwilling to adopt reasonable safeguards themselves. In just the last few months, Florida passed a law banning children under age 14 from having a social media account, Iowa legislators backed a bill that would require children younger than 18 to get parental permission to set up and use a social media account,...
Children are more anxious than ever, and birthrates are lower than ever. Psychologist Jonathan Haidt has a new book out that overlaps with my new book about parenting, culture, low birthrates, and the epidemic of childhood anxiety. Haidt has a ton of critics, which is to say that a ton of commentators are arguing that […]
After their son died from a fentanyl pill purchased on social media, Sammy Berman and Laura Chapman fight for change.
After their son died from a fentanyl pill purchased on social media, Sammy Berman and Laura Chapman fight for change.
After their son died from a fentanyl pill purchased on social media, Sammy Berman and Laura Chapman fight for change.
Doja Cat would like some of her fans to use parental guidance and keep their youngsters away from her show. The artist, 28, took to social media Friday to complain about having kids at her concerts.
A teacher with 24 years of experience in the U.S. and abroad believes this wave of teachers leaving has to do with a cultural shift in parenting styles.
FEATURE (THE CONVERSATION) — The U.S. government moved closer to banning the video social media app TikTok on Apr. 23 after the Senate approved a $95 billion foreign aid bill. The bill includes a provision to force ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, to either sell its American holdings to a U.S. company or […]