[European Union] Social media has 'little effect on girls' wellbeing'

According to the article, social media is not the real reason why young girls are having hardships with their lives unless they were losing sleep or being bullied online.

In fact, bullying has an eight times bigger impact on their mental well-being, which is the biggest factor, but lose important for older girls. Spending time with friends and getting enough sleep are the most relevant for them to feel happy.

Overall, many girls said, they do feel happy, but the ones that do not, their proportion grew in the last 7 years.

Today’s young children have to face different pressures than their parents or grandparents did. Therefore, we need to pay attention to their perceptions and what they have to say and react and act properly. Most importantly, we have to take care, that schools are safe places for kids and bullying should be taken seriously every single time.