I banned my daughter from using the iPhone she bought. It

I set expectations when she saved up and got the phone – little did I know it would undermine them, and her mental health

The byline on this essay is a pseudonym.

My daughter is one of those kids the US surgeon general warned us about. Our nation’s children are “unknowing participants” in a “decades-long experiment”. Social media usage poses mental health risks to youth, who use it “almost constantly”, causing sleep deprivation, depression and anxiety.