Social media : the new face of teens bullying

Social media use has been linked to depression and several mental and physical diseas. But a new study argues that the issue may be more complex than experts think.

The study, published in the "The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health" journal, concerned interviews with almost 10,000 children between the ages of 13 and 16 in England. The researchers found that social media may harm teens' mental health by increasing their exposure users to cyberbullying, and that's what leads to lower well-being and problems with mental health.

As a way of protection to reduce risks of exposure to these agressions and lack of sleep and physical activity, parents are supposed to control there children activity on social media, and set a timer to their daily or weekly use to the new technology devices.