This is so interesting. I’d like to see more intelligent, well-researched perspectives on exploring what is really behind the mental health epidemic and what the actual impact of social media is.

I feel like some part of me knew this, but I acknowledge that I have the urge to think, “Kids with mental health issues are on social media; therefore, taking away social media will solve mental health problems.”

These narratives are seductive because you can blame your or your kid’s problems on social media instead of looking inwards and doing the more difficult and complex work of changing yourself.