design of the digital environment, not within kids. we really like to spread the message that, kids, this is not your fault, this is a natural consequence of using technology that is designed to keep you engaged, designed to rouse your emotions and keep coming back again and again. i love having conversations with kids about, this is hard, what do you feel your worried most about, that this is not feel good to you, and what would you like to change the most? harold, this morning and report from the surgeon general is important, but he does not have any real enforcement power. you think the reports make a difference? i think this report really does make a difference. first of all, it does ring a bell. it also warns us that certain kids are more at risk than others. i think we should go back in history. surgeon general effort coop change the way we think about cigarettes. remember, it took a lot to finally get a warning on cigarette packages saying that this is dangerous. that let al
number two, we had access to them 24/7. for our kids, we start to recognize that they have been thrown into this jungle which has some good stuff, it also has dangerous stuff. that means the parents have to be really aware because their brains are developing, and when they spent a lot of time on social media, they spent less time sleeping and spend less time doing real life activity, interactions. they also spend less time doing physical activity. those two things are essential for burn development. it s very serious, and we should really applaud the surgeon general, because he basically is saying that this is unsafe, or it does not show safety. until it shows safety, we had to be aware, and it means parents will have to be dr. radesky, what would you say some of the roulette consequences that you are seeing? everything that harold is laying out a sounding the alarm. lots of people are saying, i guess that s a threat, but we are not changing our behavior. what is actually happening
not in terms of a fractured relationship of also show media leads to all mental illness, but try to understand the contextual factors, individual factors that make social media a really hard for some kids, make it a source of a lot of harassment and toxicity. for other kids, it s more of a source for fun, and because of those contradictions, it s been hard to take really informed action here. harold, i am glad that the surgeon general made this more of a front and center issue with a balanced message. harold, what we look at the trends, it seems to be worse for teenage girls than boys, why? the effects are negative effects might be worse, for a few reasons. girls do more social media than voice. girls are more prone to anxiety and depression them boys are, and we have to remember that some of the dangers of art that the cyberbullying is particularly sensitive, so if you go back in time when you are in school, and someone was
teenagers. the u.s. surgeon general as issued a stark warning about the mental health issues plaguing them today like anxiety and depression. in a new report, he s pointing straight at one thing, social media being a major cause. let s take in. joining me to help understand what is happening and what we will do about it, my friend dr. harold koplewicz, president and medical director of the child brain institute, dr. jenny radesky, assistant professor of pediatrics at the university of michigan, where she studies developmental behavior and technology and dr. jen golbeck, professor at the university of maryland, whose research focuses on social media and privacy. harold, i tend to you first. how that is the situation? we talk about it at cocktail parties, but i don t know if we do much. i need to step back for a second and remembered that our brains a vault for us to know spoke up of people that we knew well. in 2011, two things changed. one, we got connected to everybody on the planet
way? kind of understand not just, not in terms of a fractured relationship of also show media leads to all mental illness, but try to understand the contextual factors, individual factors that make social media a really hard for some kids, make it a source of a lot of harassment and toxicity. for other kids, it s more of a source for fun, and because of those contradictions, it s been hard to take really informed action here. harold, i am glad that the surgeon general made this more of a front and center issue with a balanced message. harold, what we look at the trends, it seems to be worse for teenage girls than boys, why? the effects are negative effects might be worse, for a few reasons. girls do more social media than voice. girls are more prone to anxiety and depression them boys are,