Teen girls are reporting record rates of depression | Opinion
from Common Sense Media and the Hope Lab, 21% of youth with moderate to severe depressive symptoms used social media “almost constantly.” Today, that number has reached an alarming 34% of teenagers with these symptoms. What teens think is connecting them with their peers may actually be making them feel more isolated and depressed.
had on your day. Ask them to go on a walk with you to clear your heads. Modeling positive mental wellness habits can encourage your child to engage in them as well.It’s not necessarily just the amount of time teens spend on social media, but how they are using it, that is the real problem. Ask your teenager what they tend to do and look at on social media.
It’s clearly an incredibly difficult time to be a teenager, especially a teenage girl. But as parents and caregivers, we can do our best to support them by identifying potential signs of depression or anxiety and getting them the help that they need as soon as possible.
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