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Joanne Lewsley

Worried about social media affecting your teen's mental health? We share 11 expert-approved ways to support and protect your child

Kid head in hands on social media phone.

We need to talk about social media, and we need to talk about it now. That’s the message mental health experts are telling us here at Good to Know, and it’s one we, as parents, simply can’t ignore anymore.

Okay so yes social feeds can help our kids learn and connect with their peers, but more and more research is telling us how bad social media is for kids, platforms such as Instagram and Facebook are starting to impact our children’s mental health in serious ways, contributing to an increase in depression and anxiety, poor body image and even addiction. We have in-depth articles answering both 'is Instagram safe for kids' and 'is Facebook safe for kids' questions that so many parents have, take a read through - the expert input is so useful.

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