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When your teenager chooses their phone over talking to you

My 14-year-old daughter used to tell me everything and now she just stares at her phone all day and when I ask what's wrong she says I wouldn't understand.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A parent watches their child disappear into a digital world that feels increasingly foreign and unreachable.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.