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• Increased Use of Technology

•   A Global Issue

•   Explosion in the Use of Technology for Remote Learning

•   General Increase in Screen Time

•   Algorithmic Rabbit Holes

• Scope of the Problem

•   90% of Kids Are Regular Social Media Users

• Impact of Pandemic on Mental Well-Being of Children in General -- Almost Certainly Bad

•   Some Disagreement as to Role of Technology and Social Media

•   Particular Challenges for Girls

•   Rise in Loneliness and Suicide Attempts

• Issues and Concerns

•   Access to Inappropriate Materials on Poorly Set-Up School Devices (or Personal Devices)

• Impact on Student Privacy

•   What Are the Search Terms Used by the School to Flag Messages or Searches?

•   Emerging Technologies: Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence

• Responses

•   Reasonable Limits on Screen Time for Children

•   Possible legislation by U.S. Congress and EU to force tech companies to do a better job protecting children

•   Increased surveillance of children by schools?

•   Better training of school employees to recognize symptoms and warning signs

•   More effective education regarding mental health; destigmatize

•   Encourage students to seek help for themselves or their classmates

•   Mental health days?

• Resources

• General

• #2022-03-21 Kids, teens and mental health: Parents report challenges in screening, getting care  https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/childrens-health/kids-teens-and-mental-health-parents-report-challenges-screening-getting-care

•   "Even before the pandemic, mental health disorders in adolescents, such as depression and anxiety, were prevalent,” said Mott Poll co-director and Mott pediatrician Gary L. Freed, M.D., M.P.H."

 

•   "The pandemic caused significant stress and social disruption for kids that likely exacerbated these problems, as we’re seeing a growing number of young people face mental health concerns. This places a heavier burden on parents, health providers and other trusted adults in their lives to be aware of potential warning signs."

• #2022-03-21 The pandemic has changed the way we perceive technology — and how we resist it  https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/21/covid-technnology-zoom-fatigue-spyware/

 

• #2022-03-21 Social media is turning 25. Let’s take a mental health checkup  https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2022/03/21/social-media-is-turning-25-lets-take-a-mental-health-checkup/

•   First social media site: sixdegrees.com in 1997

• #2022-02-15 Social anxiety in teens higher during pandemic; speaker gives ways to cope  https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/social-anxiety-in-teens-higher-during-pandemic-speaker-gives-ways-to-cope/

• #2022-02-08 Clues Your Teen May Be Facing a Mental Health Challenge  https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20220208/clues-teen-facing-mental-health-challenge

• #2022-02-02 AHA News: Amid a National Mental Health Crisis For Kids, Here's How Parents Can Help  https://consumer.healthday.com/aha-news-amid-a-national-mental-health-crisis-for-kids-here-s-how-parents-can-help-2656533386.html

• #2022-02-01...