Clare Morrell
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 26 Jul
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So even if a child is not on social media, they can actually experience these negative social effects, even if all their other peers are interacting through the medium of social media.
And so I think that's where there is a place then to say laws can also really helpfully back parents up and particularly solve for some of these group dynamics.
And these kind of collective action problems where, you know, parents honestly will tell me that they didn't want to give their child a smartphone or social media, but they felt pressured into it.
And I think a lot of parents identify with those kind of social pressures.
And so I do think laws like a mandatory minimum age for social media like Australia has done
the state of Florida has done for 14-year-olds and under, can really, again, help parents then say, oh, this is just a non-option under this certain age and kind of help remove those pressures.
And then just, again, create a healthier social environment for teens free of the negative influences of social media.
So I think it's both.
And parents, of course, this isn't an excuse if those laws are not passed to do your best to keep your child off of these harmful behaviors.
apps, but they can certainly help support parents.
And so I'm very supportive of legal efforts like that.
And again, kind of putting social media in the category of other things that we have age-restricted.
When we see that something's inherently addictive and harmful to children, we haven't left it completely up to parents alone.
For social media, a similar approach could be really helpful.
Yes, adults, we are certainly not immune from the addictive effects.
I think they're particularly pernicious for young brains that are not fully developed because the prefrontal cortex of the brain, which is responsible for our emotional regulation, our self-control, our impulse control, isn't fully developed until age 25.
And this is why for a child then on social media, their brain is like all gas pedal and no brakes.
Parents, adults, we can put those brakes on a little bit easier, but those addictive effects are still very much present.
And part of that, too, isn't just us having a healthier relationship for our own focus, attention, memory, all these benefits, you know, they've seen in adults who...
give up their smartphone for two weeks or so, experience all these cognitive benefits, but really to model for our children what a healthy use of a phone would look like so that when they do get one as an adult, they have a better example to follow.
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