My dd13 has anxiety.
We are not 100% sure of the cause, possibly a collection of reasons.
She is really finding school stressful and has been referred to camhs for not eating through stress.
The school and I are working on getting her the most appropriate treatment to help her.
She does have a "boyfriend " and they communicate via SM.
I call it emoji love after seeing the messages they send each other.
she hasn't asked to meet him outside school so I'm hoping it will fizzle out.
Anyway my point is after reading her messages to her friends and boyfriend I think a lot of her anxiety is made worse by SM.
I don't think she can cope with some of the bitchiness from other girls.
I don't mind her being able to FT her friends.
I won't take her phone away but I can change the iTunes password so she can't reinstall the apps.
She isn't going to be happy about my decision but I feel I have a responsibility to do everything I can to help her mh.
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I'm going to remove all social media from my dd phone for the sake of her mental health.
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ihatethecold · 03/11/2016 19:07
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