18: Can Online Socializing Go Too Far?

Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Raising Tweens & Teens

Dr. Lisa Damour/Reena Ninan

Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Parenting, Mental Health

4.7 • 822 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

What’s the limit for children socializing online? Many kids use social media to connect with their friends and as an escape from the monotony of this pandemic. Lisa walks us through the pros and cons of being online - from when getting lost in distractions can be a good thing to when digital technology can be detrimental to a child’s development. Lisa and Reena unpack the research on how best to take a break, especially when our kids (or we!) need to give the body a rest from stress hormones or clear out mental clutter. The episode wraps up by answering a critical question: When is it time to be concerned about our kids' online social activity? For Children Everywhere - Crisis Text Line is free 24/7 support for those in crisis. Text 741 741 from anywhere in the US to reach a trained crisis counselor. www.crisistextline.org Lisa’s most recent NYT column: How Teens Use Downtime to Connect, Distract or Reflect Additional resources: https://www.drlisadamour.com/ Ask Lisa is produced by Www.GoodTroubleProductions.com Be sure to follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @AskLisaPodcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0	This is Ask Lisa, a podcast to help people understand the psychology of parenting, now in the midst of a pandemic.
0:12.2	Psychologist Dr. Lisa DeMore, author of two New York Times best-selling parenting books, takes your questions.
0:19.7	And I'm co-host, Rina Ninan, a journalist and mom of two.
0:23.7	Some of what we talk about comes from raising children ourselves. Most of the time, I'll be getting
0:28.5	answers to your parenting questions. So send your questions to Ask Lisa at Dr.Lisademore.com.
0:36.3	Episode 18.
0:39.5	Can online socializing go too far?
0:46.5	How are you holding up?
0:49.5	You know, that's exactly right.
0:50.9	That's what we ask people now, right?
0:52.2	Not like, how are you?
0:54.7	I'm asking people the same thing, like,
1:03.2	how you're holding up, how you doing? I'm okay. I'm okay. But I am, I think like everybody,
1:12.9	just tired of the pandemic. It's just so wearing and so tedious, even if we're past the initial sense of crisis around it.
1:13.5	Yeah.
1:14.6	How are you?
1:23.5	You know, I feel hope because there are all these vaccines, and I know the light just, the switch doesn't get turned on once they get distributed, right?
1:24.6	It takes a little bit of time. But I feel more optimistic, but I hate winters. I'm a Florida
1:30.4	girl who does not know why I'm in the Northeast. And there's so much that I am dreading. And,
1:36.3	you know, when you go through this and you're trying to figure out, okay, how do you pull yourself
1:40.3	out when you know it's going to be a long road ahead. How do you cope? What do you do?
1:45.3	I think right now it's very day to day. And I know we've talked about coping so much in the podcast.
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