My partner's ex-wife keeps posting about their 14-year-old daughter's mental health struggles on Facebook for sympathy, and it's mortifying our daughter and making her worse, but confronting her just creates more drama. We feel helpless watching someone we love get exploited for social media validation by her own mother.
More people experience this than they realize.
Adults must navigate protecting a young person from digital exploitation while working within family systems they cannot control.
“Where Are You with Social media and adolescent mental health?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.