How to protect youth from social media harm

Turn off your computer and cellphone, and regain your sanity.

How did daily life go so awry in the world’s richest nation? How is it that this planet’s most progressive country has so much misery inside its borders and its children’s heads?

American teenagers are in a mental health crisis that makes it easy for social media bullies to abuse them with negative and insulting judgments about their physical appearances and much more.

The state of Utah as well as online service provider Verizon hope to change things for the better. More on them later.

The Center for Disease Control Youth Risk Behavior Survey showed 42% of high school students report persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness and 22% say they seriously considered committing suicide in 2021.

Yes, social media…