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On the Record: Social media's impact on children

We've only had smartphones for about a decade, and already social media use for young people is practically universal. During that same decade, the number of teens with clinical depression more than doubled. WRAL's On the Record discusses the connection between social media use and mental health.
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We've only had smartphones for about a decade, and already social media use for young people is practically universal. During that same decade, the number of teens with clinical depression more than doubled. WRAL's On the Record discusses the connection between social media use and mental health.

Reporter : Lena Tillett
Web Editor : Delaney Eyermann
Posted 2023-05-28T10:28:00-0400 - Updated 2023-05-28T11:09:41-0400