Lauren Greenfield

I think what I saw with TikTok and in the current time is that the triggers are so ubiquitous that if you have any kind of interest in, for example, something as innocuous as a diet, the algorithm will take you by the hand and in very short order, take you down a path so you can learn how to

I think what I saw with TikTok and in the current time is that the triggers are so ubiquitous that if you have any kind of interest in, for example, something as innocuous as a diet, the algorithm will take you by the hand and in very short order, take you down a path so you can learn how to

have more and more dangerous behavior, whether it's eating disorder or suicidal ideation or racism or kind of any variety of things. So I think the addictive quality of TikTok and then also where it takes you for engagement is really dangerous.

have more and more dangerous behavior, whether it's eating disorder or suicidal ideation or racism or kind of any variety of things. So I think the addictive quality of TikTok and then also where it takes you for engagement is really dangerous.

have more and more dangerous behavior, whether it's eating disorder or suicidal ideation or racism or kind of any variety of things. So I think the addictive quality of TikTok and then also where it takes you for engagement is really dangerous.

Well, my experience in showing the show and also in teenagers watching it is that neither of them actually knows already. Even though kids, and we hear them in the show talking about what's happening, it was such a revelation for them to hear other kids being affected by it. So I find that parents are actually shocked by what's in the show and kids are kind of...

Well, my experience in showing the show and also in teenagers watching it is that neither of them actually knows already. Even though kids, and we hear them in the show talking about what's happening, it was such a revelation for them to hear other kids being affected by it. So I find that parents are actually shocked by what's in the show and kids are kind of...

Well, my experience in showing the show and also in teenagers watching it is that neither of them actually knows already. Even though kids, and we hear them in the show talking about what's happening, it was such a revelation for them to hear other kids being affected by it. So I find that parents are actually shocked by what's in the show and kids are kind of...

feel relieved or seen by it, from it. And I think for parents, I think the biggest thing is just not knowing how much kids depend on it, but also how dangerous it is. Like Jonathan says, it's a lifeline, but it's also a loaded gun. And I think one of the mistakes that parents make, and I made this myself with my kids, is assuming that they have agency over it.

feel relieved or seen by it, from it. And I think for parents, I think the biggest thing is just not knowing how much kids depend on it, but also how dangerous it is. Like Jonathan says, it's a lifeline, but it's also a loaded gun. And I think one of the mistakes that parents make, and I made this myself with my kids, is assuming that they have agency over it.

feel relieved or seen by it, from it. And I think for parents, I think the biggest thing is just not knowing how much kids depend on it, but also how dangerous it is. Like Jonathan says, it's a lifeline, but it's also a loaded gun. And I think one of the mistakes that parents make, and I made this myself with my kids, is assuming that they have agency over it.

And kind of getting into a battle with them over screen time, like asking them to go off of it.

And kind of getting into a battle with them over screen time, like asking them to go off of it.

And kind of getting into a battle with them over screen time, like asking them to go off of it.

Exactly. And so I think just saying, you know, expecting it, putting the onus on the kids is not right. Even putting the onus on the parents, I think, is not right. Like these... I feel like people ask me, should we be on? Should we be off? It's too punitive to have them be off. It's too dangerous to have them be on. I don't think it's a binary. Like these algorithms are engineered intentionally.

Exactly. And so I think just saying, you know, expecting it, putting the onus on the kids is not right. Even putting the onus on the parents, I think, is not right. Like these... I feel like people ask me, should we be on? Should we be off? It's too punitive to have them be off. It's too dangerous to have them be on. I don't think it's a binary. Like these algorithms are engineered intentionally.

Exactly. And so I think just saying, you know, expecting it, putting the onus on the kids is not right. Even putting the onus on the parents, I think, is not right. Like these... I feel like people ask me, should we be on? Should we be off? It's too punitive to have them be off. It's too dangerous to have them be on. I don't think it's a binary. Like these algorithms are engineered intentionally.

And that's what the kids are calling out. They don't have to be this way.

And that's what the kids are calling out. They don't have to be this way.

And that's what the kids are calling out. They don't have to be this way.