WXYZ Detroit: Is keeping teens off social media unrealistic?
January 26, 2023
CHEAR Co-Founder and PI Sarah J. Clark, M.P.H. was recently featured by ABC 7 WXYZ Detroit.
“I get that there is a desire to protect kids by a shut-it-down approach and I am not positive it is realistic,” Clark said. “Something that could be more realistic at least for some families is to use strategies that limit it.”
“They are a start to putting some limitations on usage,” Clark said. “Whether they are time limits or watching certain sites, but they are not the only thing. What I hope the use of parental controls leads to is a conversation between parents and teens and preteens about what are we doing here, including parents educating themselves more about what the risks are.”