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by treeman79 1224 days ago
I have several daughters. There is a huge inverse relationship between teens happiness and social media.

Our oldest Teen would be happy, respectful involved in the family. Be allowed back on social media within a few days. She was rude, disrespectful depressed, and just sat in bed all day. We would take it away within a couple of days she was back to her old happy self.

Repeat this for several years. The entire time she insisted, I did not affect her.

As an adult now she stays off of it, and strongly discourages her sisters from using social media and regrets being on it.