Girls are experiencing a crisis with record levels of depression, anxiety and loneliness
60%
Increase in US female students considering suicide, 2011-21
134%
Increase in suicide since 2010 of US girls aged 10-14
2x
Rate at which girls consider suicide over boys, ages 10-14
Source: CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey
As technology & social media use has risen, anxiety rates have skyrocketed, especially amongst girls
12.5
The average age children first join social media in the US1
41%
US girls aged 13-17 admit they use social media too much2
45%
US teens admit they are online “almost constantly”1
Source 1 Columbia University 2 Pew Research
Parents have difficulty using controls that they don’t understand and are easily bypassed
54%
U.S. households don’t monitor their child’s activities
online1
32%
Of children find a way to bypass parental controls2
39%
Of parents say it’s too time consuming to monitor social media usage2
Source: 1) Social Catfish, 2) CS Mott Hospital