PARENTS OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA GENERATION ARE NOT OK. SOCIAL MEDIA'S IMPACT ON TEENS GAINS RENEWED ATTENTION.
Sabine Polak is one of many concerned parents who are struggling to navigate social media's impact on their children's mental health.
The issue of social media's impact on teens gained renewed attention this fall after Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen leaked hundreds of internal documents, some of which showed the company knew of Instagram's potential to negatively impact one's mental health and body image, especially among teenage girls. But Haugen also touched on the impact on parents.