S4 Ep 14: The Truth About Social Media: How It Affects Kids' Mental Health

Raising Good Humans

Dear Media, Aliza Pressman

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4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In this eye-opening episode, Imran Ahmed, founder of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) explores the grave impact of social media on children’s mental health. The conversation spans the dangers lurking on various platforms, and underscores the importance of shame-free dialogue between parents and their kids. As we navigate a world where digital interaction is unavoidable, Ahmed offers invaluable insights and actionable advice for safeguarding our children’s mental health in the digital age.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:04.0	Welcome to Raising Good Humans.
0:10.0	Welcome to Raising Good Humans, I'm Dr. Eliza Pressman, and today's episode is with Imran Ahmed.
0:16.0	Imran is the chief executive officer and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate.
0:22.4	He's really an authority on social and
0:24.6	psychological malignancies on social media such as identity-based hate extremism
0:29.2	disinformation and conspiracy theories. The work that he's doing is with the goal of
0:35.0	systemic changes to the social media landscape including ensuring that
0:39.2	social media products are safe for the public prior to launch, transparency around platform algorithms,
0:45.6	rule enforcement and advertising, accountability,
0:49.4	and responsibility.
0:50.9	But today, I wanted to have a conversation with him just because until these changes are made in the system,
0:57.0	parents really only have themselves to lean on and I want to make sure that we are emboldened and empowered with information to support our kids.
1:06.2	So I will say in my book, the five principles of parenting, there is a section on social media and technology and it's really important to keep in mind that we do have limits and rules that we can set in the context of our close relationships to make sure
1:25.0	that in the absence of better systems in place our kids aren't in danger but you
1:30.4	need to know kind of the realities of what's going on and the landscape
1:34.0	changes so much that when we think we know something about social media, new things
1:38.6	crop up. So that's what this conversation is but I do want to suggest that you either grab my book.
1:46.1	You can look at sub-stack, Dr. Lisa Pressman dot sub-stack.com, that's a free newsletter.
1:52.0	There's also in the back of my book and the appendix,
1:55.0	a sample social media contract that if you find useful,
1:59.0	go for it.
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