Recommendations and Research for Grades 9-12

General Guidelines

Consider how and why you use social media. If you find that specific screen activities are getting in the way of other things that are important to you and your family’s well-being revisit screen time limits and family media plan.

Recent Research

Over half of teens who play video games say it has helped their problem-solving skills, but 41% also say it has hurt their sleep.

Teens are far more likely to say it’s acceptable to use ChatGPT for research than for essays, math problems

Instagram and TikTok are used more widely by teen girls than teen boys. For example, 66% of girls say they use TikTok, compared with 59% of boys. Instagram use follows a similar pattern (66% vs. 56%).

On the other hand, boys are more likely than girls to say they use YouTube (93% vs. 87%).

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