Teen Phone and Social Media Addiction: What Actually Helps
Ivy Griffin
If you have a teen in your household, maybe you’ve noticed one or more of the following: your child seems glued to their phone, is withdrawing from family members and shared spaces, is holed up in their room and when they’re not, they might as well be. Maybe you notice that their reference points have increasingly become online in nature. Or perhaps their style of communication has changed dramatically, rarely verbal in nature, their faces down and their fingers tapping away or scrolling. And it could be that you’ve noticed them descend into surprising amounts of discomfort or distress in situations where they cannot easily access their phone.
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