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How to make social media accounts private
Our first recommendation? Delay the use of social media until your child is an adult. If they are already using social media - watch this quick video to see how you can make a social media account private (TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat).
Cómo hacer privadas las cuentas de las redes sociales
¿Nuestra primera recomendación? Sería retrasar el uso de las redes sociales hasta que su hijo sea adulto. Si ellos ya están utilizando las redes sociales - vea este vídeo rápido para ver cómo puede hacer que una cuenta de redes sociales sea privada.
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Governor Spencer J. Cox
- Why should parents wait to let their kids use social media?opens in a new tab
- What are the harms of social media and why is it important to protect youth from those harms?opens in a new tab
- What advice would you give parents about social media use?opens in a new tab
- Why are the harms of social media an important issue?opens in a new tab
- Why is Utah leading out on this issue, both from a public awareness and policy standpoint?opens in a new tab
Dr. Kristin Francis,
Huntsman Mental Health Institute
Dr. Mandy Chapple,
Granite Technical Institute, Principal
Tracy Gruber,
DHHS Executive Director
Dr. Hofmann,
DHHS Executive Medical Director and Pediatrician
- How does social media affect kids' sleep?opens in a new tab
- How does using social media affect mental health?opens in a new tab
- What impacts does social media have on kids' self-image or body-image?opens in a new tab
- As a pediatrician, what do you want parents to know about social media?opens in a new tab
- Why should parents delay their kids from using social media?opens in a new tab
- What can parents do to help their kids disconnect from their phones?opens in a new tab
- As a pediatrician, what do you want parents to know about social media? opens in a new tab
Mike Moon,
UServeUtahAssociate Director
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Research & resources
- Gabb: What is Sextortion? Everything You Need to Know opens in a new tab
- Gabb Study: When Teens Take a Break from Social Media opens in a new tab
- The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens, 2021opens in a new tab
- U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory: opens in a new tabSocial Media and Youth Mental Health
- American Academy of Pediatrics: National Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Healthopens in a new tab
- American Academy of Pediatrics: Media and Young Mindsopens in a new tab
- American Psychological Association: Health advisory on social media use in adolescenceopens in a new tab
- University of Utah Health: The impact of social media on teens’ mental healthopens in a new tab and Tips for healthy social media use: Parents and teensopens in a new tab
- PBS Utah: Social media and youth mental healthopens in a new tab
- Teen Mental Health Is Plummeting, and Social Media is a Major Contributing Causeopens in a new tab
- Social media and mental healthopens in a new tab
- U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory: Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolationopens in a new tab
- Haidt, J., & Twenge, J. (ongoing). Adolescent mood disorders since 2010: A collaborative review.opens in a new tab Unpublished manuscript, New York University.
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