Social Media Tamed
Will we eventually look back at Generation Z and Generation Alpha and call them the “anxious generation” because of the impact social media has had on their young development?
In new book The Anxious Generation, brand strategist Lynne Stainthorpe outlined her takeaways of how to limit the psychological impact of social media and technology on children.
“No smartphones before [the age of 14],” Stainthorpe writes, “[and] no social media before 16. Let children get through the most vulnerable period of brain development before connecting them to an avalanche of social comparison and algorithmically chosen influencers.”
