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Scenario

When parents and teens can't agree on social media boundaries affecting mental health

My wife wants to put parental controls on our 16-year-old's social media after her anxiety got really bad, but our daughter says that will make her feel worse and I'm caught between them both. We're supposed to be a team but every conversation about this turns into me trying to translate between two people who love each other but can't hear each other.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Three people want the same outcome but are speaking different languages about safety, autonomy, and trust.

Your guide for this
Laozi
Laozi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Social media and adolescent mental health?”

Peri

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