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[quote=Anonymous]This is so tough. If I were you I’d want to take away social media, even if it was a huge fight, for his own good. He doesn’t have the social sophistication to use it appropriately so it is just deepening his isolation, and depressing him. There’s recent research about how much those platforms are stressing kids out, because they rub their faces in social activities they are excluded from (and present a carefully curated and seemingly fabulous view of those activities). If you can’t take it away, maybe you can get him to read some guidance written by teens for teens about what is cool and what isn’t, and common pitfalls that get you branded as a loser (like the “deep like” phenomenon). I have a smart and wonderful HFA 10 year old so I have just started thinking about this stuff, and it just terrifies me. If I can’t keep him away from it entirely I will want to coach him, a lot, about what to do and what not to do.[/quote]
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