Can Media Consumption Help Shift Teens From Mental Hell to Mental Health?

The research findings are counterintuitive.

It’s easy to feel helpless against media and technology giants, or fantasize about moving your family to an off-the-grid farm. On the other hand, the reality is that your children will engage with social media, binge-watch videos and series, and be exposed to harmful advertising.

Rather than figuring out where the big off-switch is (hint: there isn’t one), it’s in our interest to get curious about this 21st-century digital beast. Researchers have started asking how we can use its powers for good and the results are relieving.

We know that exposure to violent content can lead to an increase in aggression in children and teens. With the same reasoning, we mistakenly think that if we don’t expose them to narratives of suicide, sexual abuse, and mental health issues, we’re taking precautionary action. However, this rationale is missing an important component: the power of narrative to create or destroy, heal or disturb.

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