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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Smart phone = social media.  Social media = pressure to keep up.  Pressure to keep up = increased levels of depression, anxiety and suicide in teens.  [b]So in our house, we are delaying the phones as long as we can. [/b] [/quote]
this. Because science. [/quote]

Teens have always had depression, anxiety and higher suicide risks.  Parents just ignored it or quietly got help.   That is nothing new.  Pressure to keep up has been around generations. [/quote]

The rates of suicide and depression are higher now. Fact. [/quote]

No they aren't.  Its just more talked about and more diagnosed.[/quote]

Yes they are.  Just google it.  It has been climbing dramatically apparently in lock step with the growth in percentage of children who have smart phones and use social media. [/quote]
Between 2010 and 2016, the number of adolescents who experienced at least one major depressive episode leapt by 60%, according to a nationwide survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The 2016 survey of 17,000 kids found that about 13% of them had a major depressive episode, compared to 8% of the kids surveyed in 2010. Suicide deaths among people age 10 to 19 have also risen sharply, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Young women are suffering most; a CDC report released earlier this year showed suicide among teen girls has reached 40-year highs. All this followed a period during the late-1990s and early 2000s when rates of adolescent depression and suicide mostly held steady or declined.
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