Taylor Lorenz

But we need to start like looking at those things differently, making micro changes.

I mean, some of, I would argue that those people should get involved in politics and fight for some of these laws.

But in the meantime, like, you know, do what you can, but view it as a habit like anything else.

But, you know, there are a lot of other people that install these sort of like blockers, these, you know, there are a lot of like apps that can help you kind of

Mitigate maybe you get a different phone I know people also even have like these weekend phones now that they activated the flip phone only in the weekend Like I you know figure you do kind of the best that you can But it's harder and harder.

I mean I talked to parents to where like I think of that viral tweet of the girl You know, she was banned from her her mom took away like her iPad.

So she started started tweeting from her smart fridge we have vapes now the swipe vape which has the little screen which lets you go on social media from your vape and

It's bad, but it's like we're living in this like Internet enabled world and it's getting harder and harder.

And like parents.

I know it's so hard and it's so unfair that so much is falling on parents right now.

But what I would say is, expose your kids to this stuff in healthy ways when they're young and teach them to moderate their use when they're young.

Don't stigmatize it.

When you talk to kids, too, the primary way that young people use social media, and I know that everybody thinks it's scrolling short form video.

According to Adam Masari at Instagram, it's actually DMing each other.

It's chat.

That's why Snapchat is so popular.

It's chat.

So these kids are desperate for social connection.

They're desperate to feel belonging.

They want to explore their interests.