The ban outlaws YouTube accounts for those younger than 16, allowing parents and teachers to show videos on it to minors.

Preeti, 18, who "lost count" of how many hours a day she spends on her phone, told me it's "too much." Annie said she's "embarrassed" about her number: "I wanna cut it down … I could be doing ...

Past research has shown that social media use is associated with depression and anxiety, and sleep difficulties (Hamilton et al., 2023; Shannon et al., 2022).

A previous Common Sense Media study found that teenagers spend an average of 8.5 hours per day on screens — not for school-related purposes, but for social media, scrolling, and texting.

Be sure to remind them frequently that their social media footprint will last forever, and the things they post and “like” today may be used against them in the future when they are looking to ...