Here are some conversation starters to help you initiate a discussion about social media with your child:

• What apps and websites do you like to use and why?

• What types of social media do you and your friend use?

• What are the best things about using social media  (e.g. chatting with friends, relaxing, stops boredom)?

• What are the worst things about social media (e.g. time waster, comparing myself with everyone’s perfect lives)?

• How could you try and cut down the time you spend on social media and what impact do you think it would have on you?

• How do influencers make their money?  What do you think about people that make their money as influencers?

• How do you think that social media affects how you and your friends feel about their mental health?

• How could adults use social media better?  What social media do you think adults miss out on?