Parents of the social media generation are not OK -- as they struggle to understand and navigate the potential harms that social media can have on their kids' mental health.
Video by John General, Janelle Gonzalez & Sofia Barrett, CNN Business"I was completely floored," said Polak, 45, who lives in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania."I had no clue she was even feeling remotely down at all. When I asked her about it, she just kept saying she wanted to get away from it all ... but I didn't know what that meant.
Facebook changes its company name to MetaSome data also support that mental health issues among young people on social media are on the rise. Bark, a paid monitoring service that screens social media apps, personal messages and emails for terms and phrases that could indicate concerns, said it saw a 143% increase in alerts sent around self-harm and suicidal ideation during the first three months of 2021 compared to the year prior.
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