Social Media

Luke Overland   -   March 6, 2023

Today almost everyone is on social media in some form. Here are some resources for navigating that with your teen. 

BOOKS

• Right Click: Parenting Your Teenager in a Digital Media World (Fuller Youth Institute)
• #Struggles: Following Jesus in A Selfie World – Craig Groeschel
• The Shallows: what the internet is doing to our brains– Nicholas Carr

ARTICLES

• Health advisory on social media use in adolescence – May 2023 – American Psychological Association

• US Surgeon General speaks to social media.

• 3 reasons you shouldn’t call your teen a tech addict– Sticky Faith
  
• The Parents saying No to smartphones 
• Love vs Like- Dilemma of Social Media– Parent Cue
• 5 New Rules for Digital Parenting– Parent Cue
• Split Image, ESPN Article on Social Media, Body Image, and Suicide 
• Social Media, help or hurt?– CNN 
• Snapchat Cosmo After Dark– Protect Young Eyes
• Research on Social Media and Mental Health– RSPH
• Teen Social Media Habits and Experiences– Pew Internet
• The Impact of social media on teens’ mental health.
• Yolo App– anonymous feedback app on Snapchat

WEBSITES

• Iparent.tv
• Meetcircle.com

PODCASTS

• Effect of Social Media on Students– Orange Blogs

• Behind the Curtain of Social Media – Mike Su