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The Problem with Teens Isn't Smartphones–It's Their Families


It's their families.

The CDC asked youth a series of questions about adverse events in the household…being abused, neglected, or having parents with mental health problems or who had been incarcerated. Compared to the wispy social media effects, relationships between these adverse childhood events and self-reported mental health outcomes were robust. Talking about family abuse and dysfunction just doesn’t seem “sexy”, and parents don’t want to hear that any issues their kids may be having have a decent chance of originating with them.

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