Yes, social media could be making your kids depressed, study finds

Yes, social media could be making your kids depressed, study finds

Any potential link between social media use and kids’ mental health often comes down to a what-came-first conundrum: does more time glued to TikTok, Snapchat or Instagram make youth more depressed, or are distressed kids just more likely to spend more time on social media?   A new study suggests it’s the former, not the latter, at play.   Researchers who followed nearly 12,000 children found the more time nine- and 10-year-olds spend engaged wit…