After 15 years running a successful social media marketing business, Nicki Reisberg started to ask a few questions. Why are people spending so much time on platforms that make them feel bad? And most importantly, why are we letting our vulnerable children access addictive and harmful spaces online?
Our children are more hopeless, anxious, depressed and suicidal than they have ever been in recorded history. The research is clear - Social media is bad for kids.
We have to be diligent and clear in our work as a society united. We cannot let companies put their profits before children’s lives. One death is too many. Despite social media platforms like Snapchat and Meta knowing full well that their platforms instigate harm, they continue to plow ahead, making no significant changes to protect our children.
It is the mission of Scrolling 2 Death and the parent listeners to force change through kids online safety legislation and influencing a society shift to let our kids be kids, for as long as possible. That includes delaying smartphones and social media, and educating our children on the fact that they are a product to these companies and nothing more.
