Social Media and Teens Mental Health

The swell of concern by parents and grandparents around the impact of social media on children and young adolescents has been heard. This week in the news we learn the Albanese government is on plan to ban under-16’s from social media platforms. Personal brand, influencer, de-influencer, hashtag, likes, trending, and shares, will be replaced for these young people with re-engaging in healthy prosocial behaviour - increased face to face interaction with others without a personal online profile for judgment.