Just this week, the U.S. Surgeon General issued new warnings for teens using social media. MORE ⬇️
Dr. Vivek Murthy says adolescent use of social media can be predictive of life dissatisfaction, especially in girls at the key developmental stage of 11-13 years old.
"We don't have sufficient guardrails around social media to make it safe for our kids, especially our youngest kids," said Dr. Murthy."If you don't get tagged in a photo. If a friend doesn't like what you posted. If you notice that your friends are having a get together without you and you weren't invited what that does to your self-esteem," said Frances."Community is everything.
"We want to normalize that but also give like tools and strategies and create conversations that girls then can walk away and apply immediately into her life," added Frances."These kids coming up are going to be our changemakers, our lawmakers, our policy creators. It's our responsibility to speak the same language or loom them into the language that we want them to speak in order for our community to not just survive but thrive," said Frances.
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