New Pew data shows nearly half of the 1,400 teens surveyed believe social media is harmful to their generation.

Pew Research surveyed a group of teens and parents about social media and mental health with predictable results. But this chart is, by far, my favorite, suggesting that Gen Alpha remains irrepressibly optimistic despite everything.

We know that social media can be harmful to teens. Meta has found in its own research that Instagram makes body image worse for one in three teen girls,