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 through the american academy of pediatrics six, we started the center of excellence on social media for youth mental health. one of the things we try to do is communicate in a way about
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.
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 and, number two, we had access to them 24/7. for our kids, we start to recognize that they have been thrown into this
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