147: The Impact of Screen Time on Young Minds with Dr. Alison Yeung

Motherhood Meets Medicine

Lynzy Coughlin

Medicine, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

What do you do as a family medicine physician when more and more children and young adults are coming to you for anxiety and depression that isn’t made better by medications? You dig deeper. That’s exactly what Dr. Alison Yeung did and what her patients shared with her was astounding. Kids these days are spending an untold amount of time on their phones and its impacting their lives in severely detrimental ways. Dr. Yeung is a practicing family physician in Ontario, Canada. She has been practicing for the past decade and over that time has become increasingly aware of the mental health crisis facing children and teens. She is hoping to raise awareness about this topic by educating parents and providing strategies to reduce the harm caused by social media and video games. Listen in to learn more about the research that’s being done in this field and what parents need to know about screens and children. In this episode, we discuss: What the research is saying about social media use. When is a good time for parents to let children have phones or use social media. How to talk with your kids about establishing their sense of self. Resources: Dr. Yeung’s IG: @‌thesmartphoneeffect https://protectyoungeyes.com/ https://www.betterscreentime.com/ John Haidt Substack is an amazing resource for studies/data - https://substack.com/@jonathanhaidt Books: iGen, Dopamine nation, The Collapse of Parenting , The Anxious Generation (currently on preorder) Connect with Dr. Yeung: Dr. Yeung’s IG: @‌thesmartphoneeffect Discount Codes from Our Sponsors: Apostrophe: Get started for only $5 when you go to www.apostrophe.com/lynzy and use the code lynzy Questions: When do I feel a child is ready for social media? Suggested boundaries around social media use. (applies to all screens really) Why is there a lot of correlational data on social media and mental health, but not much causational data? What have I learned from talking to parents who have kids struggling with smartphone overuse? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.4	Go get yours now and smell finer than the finest fragrances. Hello everyone. Today I am chatting with Dr. Allison Young. Dr. Young is a practicing family physician in Ontario, Canada.
0:45.6	She has been practicing for the past decade and over that time has become increasingly aware
0:50.0	of the mental health crisis facing children and teens.
0:52.8	After speaking with patients and examining the research,
0:55.5	it's becoming clear that social media and video games are causing a significant deterioration
0:59.9	in their mental health.
1:00.9	She is hoping to raise awareness about this topic by educating parents
1:04.3	and providing strategies to reduce the harm caused by these devices. In today's episode, we cover things
1:09.5	like what the research is saying when it comes to social media use.
1:13.0	What is the ideal time to hand over a phone or social media to kids?
1:16.8	How to talk with your kids about establishing their sense of self before introducing a phone?
1:21.2	And so much more. Let's dive right in just a little disclaimer
1:24.9	before we start this episode this podcast does not provide medical advice the
1:29.9	information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is
1:34.8	intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
1:39.7	All right everyone, we have Dr. Allison Young here today welcome. Thank you for having me I'm excited.
1:45.8	So as you know on this podcast we have talked several times about social media and you know just encouraging you to minimize usage and
1:57.1	re-check your usage and today I am excited because Dr Young is with us and she is a practicing family physician and she does a lot of educating on social media about the use of social media and in children which I'm like very excited to talk to you about today.
2:14.4	So I would love to hear from you about what originally sparked your interest in kind of
2:20.9	of diving deeper into the effects of social media on the mental health of children
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