Dec 10, 2021
I read an
article that reinforces, from a medical standpoint, that social
media is really harmful for our kids. A callout from the article:
"Turns out the poorly regulated, 24-hour content mill of being
Extremely Online is really threatening to our mental health!" I
already knew this, but what is alarming is that the influences are
going beyond mental health... social media (and this case,
specifically TikTok videos) are affecting kids from a
medical/physical standpoint.
Links from this episode:
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