"Staff and parents note that both in-school and out-of-school factors are affecting student mental health across the socio-economic spectrum and throughout all grade levels, including the early elementary years…students grapple with issues related to…social media (e.g., 24/7 bullying, distorted understandings of reality)…peer relationships/bullying…" (3).
“Technology has a dramatic impact on the young adolescent in both positive and negative ways. Young adolescents have immediate and constant access to the world through technology. Their phones provide instant access to personal, local, and international information: photos, videos, and messages that travel from person-to-person in seconds via social media” (63).
- Brown & Knowles (2014)