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Instagram, tiktok, these platforms can be and, you know, even as adults, we dont always necessarily feel great after we find ourselves doom scrolling and seeing how great a time people are having on social media, abby. >> donie, youve been following this for a long time. not the first time these companies have been accused of making their apps more addictive to young kids in ways that are perhaps detrimental to them. whats their response? >> reporter: the companies that responded so far have all...

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Life. >> i am dr. sanjay gupta, host of cnn chasing life podcast, social media can help us connect with others. it can also lead to endless problems with mental health. because there is more going on in the brain than you may realize. this is our brains reward system, it makes you happy, it makes you feel good, many social media apps are designed to continuously activate that circuit got over and over again. if you find yourself constantly thinking about social media you are not using it or you ...

Climate anxiety is a normal response to the reality we live in, where once-in-a-lifetime weather events are happening more and more often. While we can grieve for what we have lost, and fear for our futures, there are steps we can take to manage our anxiety and even channel these difficult feelings into action. 

Extraneous information. >> this is eddie glaude. given the effects, what needs to take place to prevent our young people from being harmed in the ways that we see that theyre being harmed? >> i believe we need to push for reforms of the platforms. but while we are waiting there are things that parents can do today. on the individual level such as between a parent and a child, sit and have a conversation, what is your media consumption plan. that means things like installing software on your chil...

Aggression, not to expand the war. and, of course, we are trying to help ukraine massively, and we are with the military defense weaponry. this is something that has not been there before. >> the human suffering on the ground that were seeing all of this video of the indiscriminate bombings, the whole world is watching with horror. what do you imagine how this ends? >> it is heartbreaking. i mean we are doom scrolling, you know, our phones all the time. it is like really, and im asking this ques...

Help ukraine massively, and we are with the military defense weaponry. this is something that has not been there before. >> the human suffering on the ground, were seeing all this video now of all these indiscriminate bombings, the world is watching with horror. what do you imagine how this ends? >> it is heartbreaking. we are doom scrolling, you know, our phones, all the time, and its like, really, and im asking this question all the time, what else can we do? but also, is there somewhere, some...

A new Twitter bot is posting screenshots from a play through of Doom, in case you needed something to distract you from the state of the planet.

How can families emotionally prepare themselves for quarantine, especially if the isolation is happening in their home where their loved ones are just a room away? Dr. Lee Kingma answers.

How can families emotionally prepare themselves for quarantine, especially if the isolation is happening in their home where their loved ones are just a room away? Dr. Lee Kingma answers.