SOCIAL MEDIA

While social media brings positive benefits, there are growing concerns about the effects of social media on youth mental health.

There is ample evidence that social media can sometimes have a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents.

See the United States Surgeon General public advisory urging caregivers to protect of children and adolescents from the potentially harmful effects of social media.

Some families claim that social media algorithms put their children in danger. See 60 Minutes segment about 2000-plus parents suing social media companies.

Like is a one-hour film documentary on social media and the ways in which parents can reduce the risk of harm to their children.