For Parents & Adolescents

American Psychological Association

• Health Advisory on Adolescent Social Media Use
• Tips for parents on how to support their children with social media use
• How to help teens develop social media literacy skills

Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media has many resources on healthy digital and social media use, across childhood. Here are some links that may be helpful as it relates to social media use. We recommend you check out the whole site!

• Parenting, Media, and Everything in Between
• How Do I Talk to My Teen About Sexting?

Stopbullying.gov 

A great resource from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, specific to helping teens who may be experiencing cyber-bullying.  

• Stopbullying.gov home page
• What Kids Can Do – If experiencing cyber-bullying, check out this page

Michigan.gov 

• OK2SAY – Student safety program that allows students to confidentially report tips on potential harm or criminal activities against students, school employees, and schools.

Harvard University

• Center for Digital Thriving – Tips on how to have more meaningful choice, intentionality, and control over how technology fits into our lives.

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)

• AACAP guidance on Social Media and Teens 

American Academy of Pediatrics

• How to Make a Family Media Use Plan -HealthyChildren.org
• Center of Excellence on Social Media and Mental Health

U.S. Surgeon General 

• Social Media and Youth Mental Health – advisory issued in 2023 on the impact of social media on youth mental health