Dr. Erica Komisar

So it's not good because it leads to addiction. OK. It's not good because particularly social media, but all kinds of technology, they get the amygdala going. Remember that little almond-shaped stress-regulating part of the brain? It turns on the stress reaction. which you don't want to do chronically. There's lots of problems with that.

So it's not good because it leads to addiction. OK. It's not good because particularly social media, but all kinds of technology, they get the amygdala going. Remember that little almond-shaped stress-regulating part of the brain? It turns on the stress reaction. which you don't want to do chronically. There's lots of problems with that.

And in the case of social media with adolescents, particularly adolescent girls, It takes advantage. I mean, you have to say that this was invented to take advantage. It's not a coincidence. It's manipulatively created because the reason that it's so bad for teenage girls' brains is because the self-consciousness, the perfectionism, is all the brain in a hyper alert state of stress and fear.

And in the case of social media with adolescents, particularly adolescent girls, It takes advantage. I mean, you have to say that this was invented to take advantage. It's not a coincidence. It's manipulatively created because the reason that it's so bad for teenage girls' brains is because the self-consciousness, the perfectionism, is all the brain in a hyper alert state of stress and fear.

You're putting those girls and boys into a hyper vigilant state of fear and stress, right? I have to be perfect. I don't look as good as them. My dress isn't as pretty. So you're putting children into a fear state and then they can't separate from the device. It's like they get There was a movie, I think it was called Inception, where you could get stuck in a paradigm.

You're putting those girls and boys into a hyper vigilant state of fear and stress, right? I have to be perfect. I don't look as good as them. My dress isn't as pretty. So you're putting children into a fear state and then they can't separate from the device. It's like they get There was a movie, I think it was called Inception, where you could get stuck in a paradigm.

You could get stuck in this fantasy, right, in a virtual reality. In a way, they get trapped in this paradigm of perfectionism, social isolation, self-consciousness, which is all the brain in a hypervigilant state of stress. So, not good at all. Not good for adults, much worse for adolescent brains.

You could get stuck in this fantasy, right, in a virtual reality. In a way, they get trapped in this paradigm of perfectionism, social isolation, self-consciousness, which is all the brain in a hypervigilant state of stress. So, not good at all. Not good for adults, much worse for adolescent brains.

I think we talked about a lot, but I think, you know, what I would say is that...

I think we talked about a lot, but I think, you know, what I would say is that...

presence is just so critical to children and there's no replacement this idea that we have as a society that caregiving of children is something that can be generically assigned to others that you can delegate delegate other things to others delegate your accounting delegate your laundry delegate your cooking if you're a ceo delegate everything you can but spend time with your children

presence is just so critical to children and there's no replacement this idea that we have as a society that caregiving of children is something that can be generically assigned to others that you can delegate delegate other things to others delegate your accounting delegate your laundry delegate your cooking if you're a ceo delegate everything you can but spend time with your children

Your relationship with them, their mental health depends upon it. And that's not something we say. We say, work, work, work, work, make more money, everybody work, work, work, work, and your children will be just fine. Well, clearly our children are not just fine.

Your relationship with them, their mental health depends upon it. And that's not something we say. We say, work, work, work, work, make more money, everybody work, work, work, work, and your children will be just fine. Well, clearly our children are not just fine.

Well, in my opinion, give them as much time off as you possibly can.

Well, in my opinion, give them as much time off as you possibly can.

Men and women, whoever is the primary attachment figure. I would say whoever's going to really be responsible for caring for that child. But then give them options. Give them choices of how to work in the years that their children are very young.

Men and women, whoever is the primary attachment figure. I would say whoever's going to really be responsible for caring for that child. But then give them options. Give them choices of how to work in the years that their children are very young.

Give them options to work part-time or to share a job or to work from home half of the week so they don't have to leave their child and still they can work. Give them choices and options that allow them for some flexibility and control.

Give them options to work part-time or to share a job or to work from home half of the week so they don't have to leave their child and still they can work. Give them choices and options that allow them for some flexibility and control.