Study: Minimal evidence links social media, gaming to teen mental health issues

Re:Study: Minimal evidence links social media, gaming to tee... by jadenpeterson on Monday January 19, 2026 @05:29PM (#46685397)

This is tricky. Anecdotally, social media has made my cousin much stupider - seriously, he’s begging me for help with stuff as basic as calculus (admittedly, I can’t help him here since I’m not good at math, but still…)

I wish there were free online resources for adults with remedial math needs…

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Re:Study: Minimal evidence links social media, gaming to tee... by Metricon on Monday January 19, 2026 @05:53PM (#46685700)

This might cover what you are looking for: https://www.khanacademy.org/

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Re:Study: Minimal evidence links social media, gaming to tee... by jadenpeterson on Monday January 19, 2026 @09:02PM (#46686997)

Oh this is awesome. I think I remember using this guy's stuff for remedial biology (or chemistry?) in HS. Thanks for the link.

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Re:Study: Minimal evidence links social media, gaming to tee... by Sharlin on Monday January 19, 2026 @05:31PM (#46685409)

I haven't searched, but I'm 100% confident that there's plenty of such math resources on the interent…

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Re:Study: Minimal evidence links social media, gaming to tee... by cryzinger on Monday January 19, 2026 @05:32PM (#46685426)

> calculus

> remedial

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Re:Study: Minimal evidence links social media, gaming to tee... by 867-5309 on Monday January 19, 2026 @05:37PM (#46685480)

thought the same. it's definitely tertiary level and above

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