How to protect your mental well-being online -- from a Gen-Z | Peachy Liv
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What Can Be Done to Help Young People Avoid Social Media Use?
To help young people avoid these mental health issues is going to require the participation of really a whole network of folks. On an individual teen level and conversations that can happen with parents, teachers, and health professionals are to help that teen contextualize the difference between online presentation and reality. We can encourage teens to have offline interests and relationships and provide as much support as possible to foster and bolster those engagements. There are potentially some legal solutions in terms of legislation that aims to offer additional protections to young people posting online.
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