National Social Media Ban for Underage Kids Is ‘Ideal,’ Says Child Psychologist

One expert says Australia should have a nationwide ban on social media access for children. The comments come as South Australia and New South Wales’ state leaders begin exploring restricting social media access to those above a certain age limit. Rachael Sharman, child psychologist and researcher from the University of Sunshine Coast, said a nationally consistent minimum age limit was ideal. “Social media use is showing up time and time again as being highly detrimental to child and adolescent psychosocial wellbeing, and not just in terms of addiction,” she told The Epoch Times via email. “There are a raft of other downstream consequences that are disrupting normal developmental processes in the brain.”...