Dear DailyClout, I am the uniform coordinator (aka Uniform Mom) for my youngest daughter’s high school marching band. This is my ninth consecutive year in that role, and in that time, I’ve known over a thousand band kids (9th – 12th grade). Starting two years ago, we have had band […]
Anxiety and Depression are On the Rise. Is Social Media to Blame?
From 2005 to 2017, major depression rose by 52% among teenagers. This trend – which is most pronounced in girls born after 1995 [1] – is starkly absent in older adults. Source: Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 2017 [2] What’s the explanation? Complex problems […]
Is Beauty Political?
Children battling unhealthy body images need a different narrative about beauty Social media companies are putting profits before children, policy makers in the UK are arguing. Last week, Jackie Doyle-Price, the minister for mental health and suicide prevention, called for Youtube, Facebook, and Instagram to be treated like publishers that […]