Teens open up about the impact of social media on their lives

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  • čas přidán 19. 10. 2023
  • Social media can have negative, sometimes dire, impacts on teens’ physical and mental health. NBC’s Kate Snow sits with four teens to learn about their social media usage and then Dr. Argie Allen Wilson, a family therapist, and Larissa May, a digital wellness activist, field questions from a panel of parents.
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Komentáře • 33

  • @carnivoreforlifepodcast5664
    @carnivoreforlifepodcast5664 Před 7 měsíci +75

    Eat real food. Get real sunlight. Talk to real people and develop relationships. Stay off social media. Enjoy your life.

  • @arthurau9231
    @arthurau9231 Před 7 měsíci +26

    Funny how no one said You Tube.

  • @sr2291
    @sr2291 Před 7 měsíci +9

    No one has to be on social media. No way I would allow my daughter to have a smart phone until she was at least 16.

  • @LR-mh8hs
    @LR-mh8hs Před 7 měsíci +17

    Parents: Do not give your kids a smartphone until they are close to being adults. You have no idea what they are watching when you are not around. Also, if you buy them a phone and allow them to take it to school, guess what? They'll be on their phones for a good portion of the day.

    • @ethanchasejackson
      @ethanchasejackson Před 2 měsíci

      But how else will parents stay in contact with their kids? Times are dangerous now.

    • @LR-mh8hs
      @LR-mh8hs Před 2 měsíci

      @@ethanchasejackson At school there is this thing called a landline phone that is in each classroom and the school's office too.

    • @LR-mh8hs
      @LR-mh8hs Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@ethanchasejackson Fip phones.

    • @07Flash11MRC
      @07Flash11MRC Před 10 dny

      @ethan: There are also smartwatches with access to telephone services such as calling or texting.

  • @YungJuazOfficial
    @YungJuazOfficial Před 2 měsíci +5

    Children’s brains are just developing. Social media is not what they should be on. I feel like these kids posting on social media without talent just want to be famous and popular and like changing themselves for others. Stop changing yourself for others. Be yourself. Also they should be careful with the people they hang around. Bad influences = crime being committed

  • @joycebruhn1346
    @joycebruhn1346 Před 4 měsíci +5

    i am saddened by all teens today the way they process life its, heartbreaking .. searching for happiness yet in all the wrong places and activities .. you are loved but you dont freel loved ..they turn to things all teens turned to in past but the streets even the work places have far worse humans .. im just sad ... value yourself .. first find the right path i mean having two drinks after work on a friday or saturday is quite different from substance abuse ...just so sad i wish i could savethem all i watch adults and teens doing wrong .. abusing drunks .. not valuing yourself ...

  • @FollowmedowntheNumberWhole
    @FollowmedowntheNumberWhole Před 7 měsíci

    I love that Sophie is still aware of her 10 year old self, and protecting her. That is indicative of advanced healing and I'm so happy for her that she's been able to address and deal with her inner child and the work around that. May it be so for all of us. 🙏❤

  • @Saved.by.Jesus.
    @Saved.by.Jesus. Před měsícem +3

    Social media dangerous. Read your Bible. Read your Bible, and develop your prayer life.
    Life is spiritual. You cannot survive without the Bible and prayer.

  • @mikem3789
    @mikem3789 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Hopefully every young person who reads this, comes to understand, they do NOT have to, give over their own confidence, to jerk(s)!!! Individuals who are ‘mean’ do not deserve the upper hand in gaining from situations, whereby they exist, to try to deplete the self esteem of another/others. Hopefully the young people understand and retain the knowledge of keeping the company/friends of (good/decent hearted humans). Hopefully. Also be great, if faith in God, Jesus Christ and The Holy Spirit, would be their guiding light. Too much toxicity online, on the internet.

  • @gillowens24
    @gillowens24 Před 7 měsíci +2

    When I was Teenager no iPhones was phone no smartphones

  • @holly_wood26
    @holly_wood26 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Genetics loads the gun...Society pulls the trigger...When I developed my eating disorder it was in the early 2000s and it was triggered by pressure at school and going on a diet and magazines just made it worse. Today, it's social media that makes it worse, but it's important to know that social media is not the reason for eating disorders. Eating disorders are a symptom of a bigger problem that someone is dealing with. Social media exasperates it, but it's not the reason.

    • @07Flash11MRC
      @07Flash11MRC Před 10 dny

      Correlation doesn't equal causation. Not everything is anybody's genes' fault.

  • @anacruz7264
    @anacruz7264 Před měsícem +2

    it’s just so toxic

  • @user-ox4nw3fi4i
    @user-ox4nw3fi4i Před 7 měsíci +1

    "IF" I Did Not Obey The Rule's The Next Month "I" Had NO PHONE!!! How Will I Pay It.😢

  • @juns597
    @juns597 Před 12 dny

    "Lead with curiousity, ask them what really excites you about the digital world. Show me, cuz I have no idea what a FOR YOU page is," says the 20-someting year old who has no idea what it's like to be a mother. I say, don't give them access to social media until they're out of high school. That's the way to keep your kids safe. Yeah. they'll see it at their friend's but you can tell the kid's parents to keep that in mind, too. We're way too lenient and liberal. That's the biggest issue.

  • @HighseezZ
    @HighseezZ Před 5 měsíci +2

    These ppl don’t need therapy they need love plus therapy should be free

  • @HighseezZ
    @HighseezZ Před 5 měsíci

    Df I look like paying for therapy if I can talk to my cusin for close friend😂

  • @Multi1163
    @Multi1163 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Put the phone away

  • @OanhLe-rb4jf
    @OanhLe-rb4jf Před 9 dny

    Just stay off the phone. You are the person using the phone, the phone is not going to use you. If you're looking for peer recognition then it's better if it's done through the school. You're not addicted to social media, you're addicted to your phone.
    You ever heard your parents/teacher yell at you "Pay attention!"? Focus on what's in front of you and not your phone. The feeds are programmed, there are people running businesses on social media, and it's also used for marketing. You're all kids and you're mistakening it with your own identities. If you have role models and people you want to look up to that's great but it doesn't make much sense to have hurt feelings over things you don't have to even look at. Get off the phone.

  • @jahnavibilur3402
    @jahnavibilur3402 Před 3 měsíci

    This was not a bad video - but it spreads no awareness about tiktok and how it is literally autodownloaded on people's phones. It is used a lot in the youth community and fully comprised of non-stop, varied genre and flashy videos. The teens mention "reels" "mostly funny tiktok videos" and "instagram body image". But I don't get the amnesia over when the curly-haired young woman said 'I use tijtok to fall asleep'.
    I don't get how that is supposed to be good platform if used for >one hour and everyday.
    But, we digress... I use it too as a young adult. Something i observed is that there seems to be all these cultures and subcultures i'm surrounded by by my age group as a result of the app and it's trends and values, these days. I'm not sure it's always good, hope i don't experience the indirect impact. All our minds should have a confident and active forefront - cause young, growing minds are all like sponges.

  • @beccalove8791
    @beccalove8791 Před měsícem

    You don’t have to give your kid a phone. I didn’t have a phone when I was a kid so why do we give these kids all this screen time

  • @AGxProductions
    @AGxProductions Před 3 měsíci

    They didn't answer the 1st Woman's question... Fail... As a Parent, I nvr gave my Kids tht much freedom. They had 2 earn it; we kept tabs on their activities. Schoolwrk & Bible Studies all week, Games & other tech on wknds & holidays ONLY, and IF they did all their chores. Plus, we made sure they had friends visiting & going out weekly, along w/othr Parents & responsible Adults. Today, they r doing well & no tech-addictions 4 thm & plenty of In-Person relationships. Loved thm too much 2 let thm b molded by ths sick, stupid world. We fought HARD 2 help thm be happy, responsible independent Citizens.

  • @ChrisV-vy5xl
    @ChrisV-vy5xl Před 3 měsíci

    Aaaasaaa