{"id":8129,"date":"2022-12-15T09:56:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T14:56:47","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:55:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:55:22","slug":"explicit-content-time-wasting-are-key-social-media-worries-for-parents-of-u-s-teens","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/12\/15\/explicit-content-time-wasting-are-key-social-media-worries-for-parents-of-u-s-teens\/","title":{"rendered":"Explicit content, time-wasting are key social media worries for parents of U.S. teens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-640-wide\"><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/FT_22.12.14_SocialMediaMonitoring_feature.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-420540\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(FG Trade via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parents have a range of concerns when it comes to their teenagers using social media, with access to explicit content and time-wasting ranking among those at the top of the list, according to a Pew Research Center survey of parents of teens ages 13 to 17 conducted this spring. The survey also shows that a majority of parents are keeping a watchful eye on what their teens do on social media. Some are also imposing screen time restrictions on these sites.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);--block-gap: inherit\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible has-background has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-border-color has-ui-beige-dark-border-color\" id=\"how-we-did-this\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;how-we-did-this&quot;,&quot;isOpen&quot;:false}\" data-wp-class--is-open=\"context.isOpen\" data-wp-init--scroll-into-view=\"callbacks.onInitScrollIntoView\"><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__title\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"><div>How we did this<\/div><button class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__icon\"><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"context.isOpen\"><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-plus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!context.isOpen\" hidden><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-minus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__content\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand parents\u2019 worries and practices around their teens\u2019 social media use. For this analysis, we surveyed 1,316 U.S. parents of teens ages 13 to 17. The survey was conducted online by Ipsos from April 14 to May 4, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This research was reviewed and approved by an external institutional review board (IRB), Advarra, which is an independent committee of experts that specializes in helping to protect the rights of research participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ipsos invited panelists who were a parent of at least one teen ages 13 to 17 from its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-us\/solutions\/public-affairs\/knowledgepanel\">KnowledgePanel<\/a>, a probability-based web panel recruited primarily through national, random sampling of residential addresses, to take this survey. For some of these questions, parents were asked to think about one teen in their household (if they had multiple teen children ages 13 to 17 in the household, one was randomly chosen). The survey is weighted to be representative of U.S. parents of teens ages 13 to 17 by age, gender, race, ethnicity, household income and other categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/parents-social-media-monitoring-topline.pdf\">questions used<\/a>&nbsp;for this report, along with responses, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/parents-social-media-monitoring-methodology.pdf\">its&nbsp;methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"terminology\">Terminology<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Parents of a teen<\/strong>&nbsp;or <strong>parents of teens <\/strong>is used in this analysis to refer to adults who report being a parent of at least one child between the ages of 13 and 17 but who may also have other children. In cases where respondents have more than one child in this age range, the survey asked parents to focus on one specific teen as they answered questions, prompting them with the age and gender of this randomly selected teen from a list of their children that they provided.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10121\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/12\/15\/explicit-content-time-wasting-are-key-social-media-worries-for-parents-of-u-s-teens\/ft_2022-12-15_parents-social-media-monitoring_01-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"cbd1cb\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #cbd1cb;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_01.png\" alt=\"A bar chart showing that parents are more likely to be concerned about their teen seeing explicit content on social media than these sites leading to anxiety, depression or lower self-esteem\" class=\"wp-image-10121 not-transparent\" width=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_01.png 1280w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_01.png?resize=300,230 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_01.png?resize=768,588 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_01.png?resize=1024,784 1024w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_01.png?resize=529,405 529w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_01.png?resize=200,153 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_01.png?resize=260,199 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_01.png?resize=310,237 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_01.png?resize=420,322 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_01.png?resize=640,490 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_01.png?resize=740,567 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_01.png?resize=160,123 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_01.png?resize=320,245 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While social media has allowed people to easily seek out information, some say it has also made inappropriate and explicit content <a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetmatters.org\/issues\/inappropriate-content\/learn-about-it\/\">more accessible<\/a>. Nearly half of parents of teens (46%) say they are extremely or very worried that their teen\u2019s use of social media could lead to them being exposed to explicit content, according to the April 14-May 4, 2022, poll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The impact of social media on productivity is also a key concern for parents. Some 42% say they are extremely or very worried about their teen wasting too much time on social media, while 38% express the same level of concern about their child being distracted from completing their homework because they are using social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About a third of parents (34%) are extremely or very worried about their teen sharing too much about their personal life. Roughly three-in-ten say the same about social media leading their teen to feel pressure to act a certain way (32%), <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2022\/12\/15\/teens-and-cyberbullying-2022\/\">be harassed or bullied <\/a>(29%), experience problems with anxiety or depression (28%) or experience lower self-esteem (27%). Still, about half of parents (47%) say they are only a little or not at all worried about social media causing anxiety or depression in their teen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10124\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/12\/15\/explicit-content-time-wasting-are-key-social-media-worries-for-parents-of-u-s-teens\/ft_2022-12-15_parents-social-media-monitoring_02-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f0f0f0\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f0f0f0;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_02.png\" alt=\"A chart showing that Hispanic parents are more likely than Black or White parents to be highly worried their teen could share too much about themselves on social media\" class=\"wp-image-10124 not-transparent\" width=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_02.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_02.png?resize=212,300 212w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_02.png?resize=768,1084 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_02.png?resize=725,1024 725w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_02.png?resize=287,405 287w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_02.png?resize=200,282 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_02.png?resize=260,367 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_02.png?resize=310,438 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_02.png?resize=420,593 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_02.png?resize=640,904 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_02.png?resize=740,1045 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_02.png?resize=160,226 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_02.png?resize=320,452 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parental concerns about social media vary by race and ethnicity. Hispanic parents are more likely to express a high level of concern about many of these issues compared with Black and White parents. For example, 45% of Hispanic parents say they are extremely or very worried that their teen\u2019s social media use could lead to them oversharing online, compared with 30% of White parents and 29% of Black parents. Hispanic parents are also more likely than White and Black parents to be extremely or very concerned about social media leading to cyberbullying, anxiety or depression, exposure to explicit content, or lower self-esteem. (There were not enough Asian American parents in the sample to analyze separately.) However, similar shares of parents across racial and ethnic lines say they are extremely or very worried about social media causing distractions from homework, time-wasting and social pressure for their teen children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parental concerns about the impact of social media on their teens\u2019 mental health differ by the child\u2019s gender as well. Parents of teen girls are more likely than parents of teen boys to say they are extremely or very concerned that social media use might lead their teen to experience problems with anxiety and depression (32% vs. 24%) and lower self-esteem (30% vs. 23%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10130\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/12\/15\/explicit-content-time-wasting-are-key-social-media-worries-for-parents-of-u-s-teens\/ft_2022-12-15_parents-social-media-monitoring_03-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ced8e4\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ced8e4;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_03.png\" alt=\"A bar chart showing that Black parents are more likely than their White or Hispanic counterparts to monitor their teen\u2019s social media use\" class=\"wp-image-10130 not-transparent\" width=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_03.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_03.png?resize=210,300 210w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_03.png?resize=768,1097 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_03.png?resize=717,1024 717w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_03.png?resize=284,405 284w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_03.png?resize=200,286 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_03.png?resize=260,371 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_03.png?resize=310,443 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_03.png?resize=420,600 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_03.png?resize=640,914 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_03.png?resize=740,1057 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_03.png?resize=160,229 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_03.png?resize=320,457 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The survey also shows that some parents intervene in their teens\u2019 social media use in certain ways. One approach is to keep an eye on what teens are doing on social media, either manually or through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sitepronews.com\/2021\/07\/30\/10-recommended-social-media-monitoring-apps-for-parents\/\">variety of apps<\/a> that exist for this purpose. Another is to institute screen time limits, a method <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopkinsallchildrens.org\/Patients-Families\/Health-Library\/HealthDocNew\/Screen-Time-Guidelines-for-Teens\">health<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/caringforkids.cps.ca\/handouts\/behavior-and-development\/social_media\">parenting<\/a> websites also advocate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A majority of parents (57%) say they at least sometimes check what their teen is doing on social media, while 49% say they often or sometimes limit the times of day or length of time when their teen can go on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Black parents of teens are more likely than Hispanic or White parents to check their teens\u2019 social media activity. About seven-in-ten Black parents (69%) say they do this at least sometimes, compared with 59% of Hispanic parents and 54% of White parents. Black and Hispanic parents are also more likely than White parents to say they at least sometimes set social media time limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are also differences in parents\u2019 social media monitoring based on the gender or age of their teen. Parents of teen girls are more likely than those of teen boys to say they often or sometimes monitor their child\u2019s social media and limit their teen\u2019s social media time. And parents of 13- to 14-year-olds are more likely than those with 15- to 17-year-olds to report limiting when and how long their child can be on social media sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More broadly, parents of teens generally agree that the world is very different from the one they themselves grew up in, according to the recent survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10134\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/12\/15\/explicit-content-time-wasting-are-key-social-media-worries-for-parents-of-u-s-teens\/ft_2022-12-15_parents-social-media-monitoring_04-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"dee0e2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dee0e2;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_04.png\" alt=\"A bar chart showing that most parents think teens today are facing a unique set of challenges compared with in the past\" class=\"wp-image-10134 not-transparent\" width=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_04.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_04.png?resize=300,201 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_04.png?resize=768,516 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_04.png?resize=603,405 603w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_04.png?resize=200,133 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_04.png?resize=260,175 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_04.png?resize=310,208 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_04.png?resize=420,282 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_04.png?resize=640,430 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_04.png?resize=740,497 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_04.png?resize=160,107 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/ft_2022.12.15_parents-social-media-monitoring_04.png?resize=320,215 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When thinking about teenagers today compared with when they themselves were teens, 77% of parents say teens today have to deal with a completely different set of issues than they did in the past. Far fewer (23%) say that despite some differences, the issues that teens have to deal with today are not that different from when they themselves were teenagers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are no differences in opinion on this question across most demographic groups. But it is important to note that the survey was fielded in the spring of 2022, when many families had or were recently dealing with disruptions caused by the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/topic\/coronavirus-disease-covid-19\/\">coronavirus pandemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: Here are the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/parents-social-media-monitoring-topline.pdf\">questions used<\/a>&nbsp;for this report, along with responses, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/parents-social-media-monitoring-methodology.pdf\">its&nbsp;methodology<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A majority of U.S. parents are keeping a watchful eye on what their teens do on social media; some are also imposing screen time 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