NPR spoke with psychologist Jelena Kecmanovic, who specializes in teens and social media use, about TikTok's changes meant to help limit screen time.
TikTok says every account held by a user under the age of 18 will automatically be set to a 60-minute daily screen time limit in the coming weeks.TikTok says every account held by a user under the age of 18 will automatically be set to a 60-minute daily screen time limit in the coming weeks.psychologist who works with teenagers struggling with their mental health."Almost every one of our sessions starts with what happened on TikTok or Instagram," she says.
When Kecmanovic dug into the details of TikTok's new policies, she was disappointed."It's not enough," she told NPR's A Martinez. "I really don't think this is that much about teens not having self-control. I think it's about the design of social media that's basically like slot machines." This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Some of the excerpts include some quotes from the interview that were not aired in the broadcast version.I would say majority of our teens are aware that this is not helping. And yet they say 'I can't help it. There's FOMO, I don't like it. I know it puts me in a worse mood. I feel really yucky in the morning, especially if I'm doing it until middle of the night and it's replacing my sleep or during the day.
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