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How to tell if gaming is helping or harming your depressed teen

My 16-year-old has been depressed since the pandemic and spends all day gaming in his room and I don't know if the gaming is helping him cope or making everything worse.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A parent cannot distinguish between digital coping and digital avoidance in their struggling adolescent.

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