We blather on and on, a dozen cloned articles a day, phony “studies” every week, freakouts and bans and finger-pointing… all to deny the reality staring us in the face.
In line with your position on parental mistreatment of young people and its association with negative life outcomes, Amanda L. Giordano, on her Psychology Today blog, examines the opposite—positive childhood experiences (PCEs) and their association with positive life outcomes:
“PCEs (also called benevolent childhood experiences and counter-ACEs) have been linked to better health in adulthood (Crandall et al., 2019); less self-harm, mood disorders, and suicidal ideation (Bunting et al., 2023); better mental health and psychosocial outcomes (Kallapiran et al., 2025)”
She also addresses social media:
“more PCEs have been linked to less heavy digital media use (Crouch et al., 2025), less problematic social media use (Unsal et al., 2025), less self-harm (Bunting et al., 2023), and less binge eating disorder characteristics (Yoon et al., 2023). Furthermore, scholars found that early memories of warmth and safety were a significant predictor of less mobile phone "addiction" (Zheng et al., 2024).”
Shared to LinkedIn, where dud research is being broadly and enthusiastically supported.
Great! They need to hear it.
Also, being ostracized and not supported by the parents.
Et tu, Newsom?
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/21/online-age-newsom-social-media-00791870
Newsom's always been bad on this issue, like Bonta.
Sad but true
In line with your position on parental mistreatment of young people and its association with negative life outcomes, Amanda L. Giordano, on her Psychology Today blog, examines the opposite—positive childhood experiences (PCEs) and their association with positive life outcomes:
“PCEs (also called benevolent childhood experiences and counter-ACEs) have been linked to better health in adulthood (Crandall et al., 2019); less self-harm, mood disorders, and suicidal ideation (Bunting et al., 2023); better mental health and psychosocial outcomes (Kallapiran et al., 2025)”
She also addresses social media:
“more PCEs have been linked to less heavy digital media use (Crouch et al., 2025), less problematic social media use (Unsal et al., 2025), less self-harm (Bunting et al., 2023), and less binge eating disorder characteristics (Yoon et al., 2023). Furthermore, scholars found that early memories of warmth and safety were a significant predictor of less mobile phone "addiction" (Zheng et al., 2024).”
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/understanding-addiction/202602/positive-childhood-experiences-for-addiction-prevention
Excellent point and reference. Thanks!
Indeed, it is a great reference and article overall. Except for one nuance in it, of course. Bonus points for anyone who can spot it.
Spoiler alert: "parental monitoring"