Youth and Social Media
For Parents & Adolescents
Youth & Social Media Resources
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!
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
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
American Academy of Pediatrics
U.S. Surgeon General
- Social Media and Youth Mental Health – advisory issued in 2023 on the impact of social media on youth mental health
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Let us know if you’d like to share additional links or request specific information to be shared, or if you are a clinician who is seeking additional training or support, please send us an email at youthsocialmedia@pinerest.org.
