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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it just documenting the phenomenon or does it have any actionable advice?  I feel like all of these things basically just say “limit social media” but that’s so hard when that also means limiting your kids’ social interactions because that’s how everyone else at their school communicates.  (I  found limiting SM had mixed effects for my oldest.  After some tough years she found her own balance but it’s really not possible for them to be fully off SM since that’s how even things like student government and their sports teams

communicate).[/quote]

Yeah I agree that it's going to be nearly impossible to put the toothpaste back in the tube on this one.

Another eye-opening book, related to an anxious generation, is Abigail Shrier's "Bad Therapy:  Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up."  She's been on a lot of podcasts discussing it.  [/quote]

The books has lots of actionable recommendations. And it’s not too late.    And he has good data that backs up the causes of anxiety, depression etc in teens.   It’s fascinating.  And giving kids more independence in the real world and less in a virtual world would go a long way to treating this mental health epidemic in young people.[/quote]

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