With a woman at Look at Culture from a Christian World View, I'm John Stone Shrieg with a point.

A missgrowing public concern over social media's harmful effects on the mental health of teenagers,

Utah recently passed legislation to better empower parents to protect their kids online.

The new law prohibits social media companies from allowing minors access to their platforms

without parental consent.

And it requires social media networks to create a default curfew for minors on social media platforms

that only parents can disable.

A second law prohibits platforms from employing addictive features and designs.

And a digital age in which 95% of 13 to 17-year-olds own smartphones and 67% of teens are on TikTok,

Utah's laws are a landmark step.

Kids on social media are at much higher risk of developing sleep problems, depression,

suicidal ideation, and gender dysphoria.

Laws like these can help place the power back in the hands of parents, letting them decide how

and if their kids should be using social media at all.

Still, parents have to choose to use that power.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Shrieg with a Point.