Teens talk about Utah's effort to reduce social media impact on mental health

From a social media battle to the Governor’s proposed school smart phone ban, many of the state’s biggest moves have been focused on high school age students. From a social media battle to the Governor’s proposed school smart phone ban, many of the state’s biggest moves have been focused on high school age students. What do they make of the state’s efforts? KUTV gathered a roundtable of teens to find out what they're really experiencing.Jacy: “Our whole lives have been on social media .

Anna: "I feel like they're kind of just seeing the tip of the iceberg and not seeing the rest of the stuff that we have to deal with." Camryn: "While it can be sometimes harmful and negative towards mental health I’ve also found so many resources on there." Some arguing government intervention takes the choice out of the hands of teens who are about to become adults and need to learn accountability.

Elena : "If they're going to create legislation that directly effects a certain demographic, they need to understand the perspective and experiences of that demographic." Gov. Cox responded, “I agree with everything those kids said, and everything we’ve done in those bills is to make that happen. This is the problem, i hear from parents all the time ‘we need help. We want to be able to do this but the social media companies designed it in such a way that it’s almost impossible for parents to be able to do the things these kids say that parents should be able to do. We’re not putting the state in the role of parents.

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