{"id":73657,"date":"2018-10-02T15:14:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T15:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tesyouth.org\/t\/?p=73657"},"modified":"2023-07-11T15:19:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:19:43","slug":"social-media-and-young-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tesyouth.org\/t\/social-media-and-young-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media and young people"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medical experts have been told to draw up advice on the maximum amount of time young people should spend on social media, the health secretary has said.<\/p>\n

\"\"In an interview with the Observer<\/a>, father-of-three Matt Hancock said he was “very worried” about the impact on children’s mental health.<\/p>\n

He said he hoped the guidelines would become the “norm”, like the recommended maximum alcohol consumption for adults.<\/p>\n

England’s chief medical officer has been asked to put together the advice.<\/p>\n

Mr Hancock told the newspaper: “I am, as a father, very worried about the growing evidence of the impact of social media on children’s mental health.<\/p>\n

“Unrestricted use (of social media) by younger children risks being very damaging to their mental health.<\/p>\n

“So I have asked the chief medical officer to bring forward formal guidance on its use by children.” Read more<\/a><\/p>\n