Grieving families were on Capitol Hill Tuesday for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about social media safety for children.
This comes as a new CDC survey shows teens face record-level highs of violence, sadness, and suicide risk since the pandemic.One expert said high school should be a time for trailblazing, not trauma.They hope to urge lawmakers to pass a new law that would require school districts to notify parents or guardians of incidents of cyberbullying."I woke up to the horror that he had hung himself in our garage while we slept," she said.
The agency found nearly three in five girls felt persistently sad, 41% say their mental health was poor in the last 30 days, and more than 50% of LGBTQ+ teens report high levels of violence. Experts says this new data indicates that teen boys are also struggling, but find girls are more engulfed in what they call a growing wave of violence.
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