Balancing Act: A School Psychologist and Parent Shares Ideas for Setting Social Media Guidelines
by Theo Miron, School Psychologist and Assessment Consultant for Pearson
School psychologists are well aware of the toll social media can take on students’ mental health. Yet educators often wonder how much to get involved with issues that might seem like “parenting,” and certainly social media use could fall under that umbrella. The good news is that our input is likely to be appreciated, as confirmed by a recent study from The Pew Research Center, in which nearly half of parent respondents said they’ve looked to teachers for advice on managing screen time.
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