Social media is harmful to middle school-aged children and should not be accessed by individuals under the age of 16.

“so I would say that for 11 12 13y old kids I'm willing to say there aren't really any benefits and the harms are extraordinary so that's why I say we need to just raise we need to raise the ages we should have a norm that no one gets a smartphone before high school”

Social media use and nighttime screen exposure are linked to poorer sleep, worse mental health, and diminished capacity for meaning-making in teens.

“And so all of this to say, this isn't like I'm like I'm not trying to be the millennial. I'm an elder millennial and be like get off your damn phones. But what I am trying to say is with a lot of compassion that these kids are having to deal with more more than any other generation because they they”