While the pandemic led to more mental health issues among teens, this was not a sudden sharp uptick or a reversal of previous positive trends—teens started to report more sadness starting 10 years ago.
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Does a parent’s posting habits on Facebook really change the way they interact with their kids? A new study finds parents who tend to post tons of pictures of their children on social media often have a more friend-like parenting style in general.
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Girls and boys might be more vulnerable to the negative effects of social media use at different times during their adolescence, say an international team of scientists.
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For reasons that remain murky, new research warns that a spike in social media use during the pandemic might have worsened tic disorders in children.
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