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Re:Teen mental health is plummeting and social media is a ma... by thenerdhead on Thursday May 05, 2022 @09:17AM (#31272904)
Your argument seems more positioned around public education than it does social media. This seems to be the same problem, new generation. TV in the 50s. Video games in the 90s. Now smartphones.
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Re:Teen mental health is plummeting and social media is a ma... by naravara on Thursday May 05, 2022 @11:44AM (#31274824)
Arguably TV was actually bad for kids. (And adults too, considering what kind of brain poisoning seems to accompany overconsumption of cable news).
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Re:Teen mental health is plummeting and social media is a ma... by thenerdhead on Thursday May 05, 2022 @06:39PM (#31279159)
That’s what I meant. Screen time in general. Suggestive screen time even more so.
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