Social media: Top setting tips to promote positive boundaries, mental health for young people

From limiting direct messages from strangers and changing comment settings to managing mentions, views, likes, and much more, specialists at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital created this step-by-step video for parents, guardians and teenagers and kids themselves to help set personal boundaries and improve mental health around various forms of social media platform use. Credit: Michigan Medicine

While young people often use social media to connect and interact with peers, many also recognize potentially unhealthy consequences that may come with its use.

A poll of a nationwide sample of youth aged 14-24 found that...