[Opinion] American Opinion: TikTok lives on. So does its harmful effect on kids

American Opinion: TikTok lives on. So does its harmful effect on kids

BC-TIKTOK-KIDS-EDITORIAL:TB Editorial: TikTok lives on. So does its harmful effect on kids (ATTENTION EDITORS: 1 photo accompanies this column. FILENAME: OPED-TIKTOK-KIDS-EDITORIAL-ZUM.jpg) The Editorial Board Chicago Tribune (TNS) TikTok went dark in the United States for a little while, but is now back online here thanks to a stay of execution from President Donald Trump . The newly inaugurated president seems to be working toward some sort of…

A psychologist’s advice on how to limit social media’s harmful effects on kids

You’ve heard the outrage, you’ve read the reports, and you’ve seen the headlines: social media may be harming your child. What now? You gave your child a phone years ago and nothing short of the jaws of life could extract that thing from your kid’s grip now. You’d like to keep your child safe, but it’s a tug of war between you and an industry that has thousands of brilliant minds, and has invested billions of dollars, just to keep your child onl…