Reason Magazine
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Teen suicide, anxiety and depression rates have risen for teens since 2009 .
LZ Granderson: Rates of adolescent depression have risen from 8.1 percent in 2009 to 15.8 percent in 2019 .
Granderson says social media use has skyrocketed since Facebook 's launch in 2004 .
He says research is not so clear-cut; social media platforms are fundamentally forms of communication.
Some small studies have found that turning off social media improves people's mental states.
David Frum : The links between social media and well-being are complex.
He says some teens have copious quantities of electronic distractions, including social media, fill this well.
Frum says the links are complex because social media are so ubiquitous that social media is so ubiquitous.
Parents who are concerned about social media should monitor how much time their kids are spending there and what sorts of things they're doing.
Social media fits this downtime well—as it does for adults.
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