We're sleepwalking into a crisis in our kids' mental health
Daily Record|October 26, 2024
Ward 'deeply concerned' by rise in complaints
RUTH SUTER
We're sleepwalking into a crisis in our kids' mental health

AN MP has spoken out on the child mental health crisis caused by a surge in online bullying and attacks on kids.

Melanie Ward, MP for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy, said she is inundated with issues of online harm and violence among teens.

The Labour representative is "deeply concerned" over the role of social media in the current youth violence epidemic.

It comes after a childhood emergency was declared in Scotland on Wednesday, with experts stating the experience of growing up in the country is worse now than it has ever been.

The national emergency was announced by Children First amid the Record's Our Kids ... Our Future campaign, which has called on tech giants to remove violent clips of teens from platforms before they are circulated.

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