The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

by Jonathan Haidt

For girls, the worst years for using social media were 11 to 13; for boys, it was 14 to 15.[36] These results offer clear evidence that 13, which is the current (and unenforced) minimum age for opening an account on social media platforms, is too low.