America’s leading mental health institution is making sure the country’s children remain secure and protected from the harms of social media.
Therefore, APA has opted to release one of the first health advisories of its kind regarding this topic on Tuesday. And it was seen addressing the growing amount of pressure and concerns linked to a negative impact on kids that are using apps designed for adults.
This report was seen asserting how so many online platforms are not beneficial to young audiences and at the same time, fail to provide major harm too. However, it did make it so clear how important it is now more than ever to use it in a responsible way.
The health advisory did not even address major social apps but generally laid down a huge set of concerns revolving around children’s online lives with advice that’s actually common sense. This also entailed some insights that were put together for a broad research category.
The recommendations coming through by APA are more centered around the parents’ role but what this advisory does end up doing is denouncing algorithms that push youngsters to see more content that’s damaging in nature. Some common examples include eating junk and posts that are promoting ideas like causing self-harm, racist behavior, online hate, and even eating in a disordered fashion.
Meanwhile, other types of recommendations are related to the common routine habits and routines of kids, who are mostly related to the adult domain. APA said it would promote routine screenings for problematic usage of social media for kids. And some common red flags worth a notice include spending way more time on the apps than they should and also making up lies to get access to sites on social media.
APA even sets out recommendations for parents to be careful and remain observant in terms of social media harming their sleep routine as well as their physical activity. These are two areas that really affect the mental health of children.
Lack of this sort of regulation may really take a negative toll on kids and affect sleep patterns and their physical activities. These tend to be the major areas targeted in a direct manner and really affect the mental health of young audiences, it added. And in the end, they become more likely to have thoughts of suicide.
While we agree that many of the recommendations put out by the regulatory body and mental health association are not simple to work around, one thing is for sure. Such rules should first be applied to the adults themselves and see how well they work before experimenting on children. This is especially true when it comes down to content that revolves around image or aesthetics.
As per studies, the research claims that making use of social media for comparing one person to the next on social media based on looks can lead to kids having some negative feelings about themselves. They are constantly comparing to others' images and behavior including depressive symptoms and unhealthy eating habits.
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Therefore, APA has opted to release one of the first health advisories of its kind regarding this topic on Tuesday. And it was seen addressing the growing amount of pressure and concerns linked to a negative impact on kids that are using apps designed for adults.
This report was seen asserting how so many online platforms are not beneficial to young audiences and at the same time, fail to provide major harm too. However, it did make it so clear how important it is now more than ever to use it in a responsible way.
The health advisory did not even address major social apps but generally laid down a huge set of concerns revolving around children’s online lives with advice that’s actually common sense. This also entailed some insights that were put together for a broad research category.
The recommendations coming through by APA are more centered around the parents’ role but what this advisory does end up doing is denouncing algorithms that push youngsters to see more content that’s damaging in nature. Some common examples include eating junk and posts that are promoting ideas like causing self-harm, racist behavior, online hate, and even eating in a disordered fashion.
Meanwhile, other types of recommendations are related to the common routine habits and routines of kids, who are mostly related to the adult domain. APA said it would promote routine screenings for problematic usage of social media for kids. And some common red flags worth a notice include spending way more time on the apps than they should and also making up lies to get access to sites on social media.
APA even sets out recommendations for parents to be careful and remain observant in terms of social media harming their sleep routine as well as their physical activity. These are two areas that really affect the mental health of children.
Lack of this sort of regulation may really take a negative toll on kids and affect sleep patterns and their physical activities. These tend to be the major areas targeted in a direct manner and really affect the mental health of young audiences, it added. And in the end, they become more likely to have thoughts of suicide.
While we agree that many of the recommendations put out by the regulatory body and mental health association are not simple to work around, one thing is for sure. Such rules should first be applied to the adults themselves and see how well they work before experimenting on children. This is especially true when it comes down to content that revolves around image or aesthetics.
As per studies, the research claims that making use of social media for comparing one person to the next on social media based on looks can lead to kids having some negative feelings about themselves. They are constantly comparing to others' images and behavior including depressive symptoms and unhealthy eating habits.
Read next: Adult content is having a negative impact on children's behavior
