The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?
www.nature.com
The evidence is equivocal on whether screen time is to blame for rising levels of teen depression and anxiety — and rising hysteria could distract us from tackling the real causes.
  • 0x0@programming.devEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Kids used to grow up playing outside and getting slapped by their parents when stepping out of line.

    Now they’re grown inside social media isolation bubbles and eventually meet the real world, leading to mental illpreparedness.