Today, we're shining a light on a topic that's more urgent than ever: the impact of social media on our youth. Many of us are unaware of the dangers lurking online, and as mothers, we're constantly trying to navigate this digital landscape with our kids. In today’s episode, we get honest about the challenges we face and the strategies we're employing to protect our children. Every parent needs to hear this episode!

Listen to learn more about:

• Why the Surgeon General of the United States is calling youth mental health "The defining public health issue of our time."
• Recent reports and decade-long research that is calling attention to the growing concerns about the effects of social media use on children and adolescent's mental health.
• The history of social media: Then vs. Now.
• What we as parents need to consider when it comes to putting smartphones in our children's hands.
• And more alarming stats that might make you rethink everything!

Read the book referenced in this episode, written by Jean M Twenge, PhD

Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents.

Resources (in the event you want to dive deeper!):

1. Social Media and Youth Mental Health (The U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory)
2. The History of Social Media
3. NBC News: Social Media is Driving Teen Mental Health Crisis
4. American Psychological Association: Health Advisory on Social Media Use in Adolescence
5. Teens, Social Media and Technology 2022 (Pew Research Center)

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Honest Women is the podcast for every woman juggling the demands of modern life (while trying to keep her shit together) and finding that it’s all just a little more difficult than she thought it would be. Your hosts, Andrea Burkly and Jessica Hutchison, are two very real mental health professionals who are taking honest conversations from inside their offices to the outside world.

Disclaimer:

Please note while this podcast features two therapists, and may feel very therapeutic, this is not therapy! Please be entertained, and know that through our creative content, we are not providing mental health care. No diagnosis. No treatment. No medical advice. Just creative content. Please seek appropriate mental health support in the real world.

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