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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Social media. It’s a different beast and it created a different dangerous trajectory heightened by pandemic during lockdown.[/quote]

We never had a lock down.  We were asked to stay home a few weeks and business were closed.  You could still go out and do what you want.  The pandemic has been over two years.  Find something new to blame.  Either you are part of the problem or solution.  [/quote]

Oh please.

Stop being so patronizing to other parents. Maybe your teen went to a private that stayed open but I know so many parents who were able to control social media usage prior to the pandemic but that all went out the window. Many of our children were in online school for up to two years and were no longer able to control it. It was the main form of social connection for so many youth that many of us allowed it. Plus many sports, School music  and other activities were cancelled. Our church youth group did not meet for two years in person.

Even friends with children who were in college said it deeply affected them as well as so many normal social college activities were sharply restricted.

Plus many youth lost parents and grandparents to COVID.

It was an extremely traumatic time for many people and especially hard for youth.

The record mental health crisis stats speak for themselves .

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Also, being part of the solution requires understanding and acknowledging how factors specific to teens' pandemic experience harmed mental health. One thing that is contributing to poor mental health in teens of both genders is denying that teens lost experience that are essential to their development and pretending that everything was suddenly just fine when pandemic restrictions were removed.[/quote]

Yes, teens are constantly invalidated.  And adults are assuming that they understand the realities teens face now because “it’s not any different than when I was a teen”.  It’s VERY different.  If you are saying these invalidating things instead of listening, your teen isn’t going to tell you anything.[/quote]

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