{"id":85940,"date":"2026-03-05T10:02:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=85940"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:02:04","slug":"its-not-just-children-hooked-on-social-media-now-one-in-five-parents-admit-theyre-addicted-to-facebook-and-instagram-and-its-making-them-anxious-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/03\/05\/its-not-just-children-hooked-on-social-media-now-one-in-five-parents-admit-theyre-addicted-to-facebook-and-instagram-and-its-making-them-anxious-too\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s not just children hooked on social media&#8230;now one in five parents admit they&#8217;re addicted to Facebook and Instagram and it&#8217;s making them anxious too"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/02\/25\/10\/101979049-0-The_new_Sway_ly_app_aims_to_help_teenagers_take_control_of_the_a-m-20_1772014931451.jpg\" alt=\"The new Sway.ly app aims to help teenagers take control of the algorithms that determine what is fed to them on their social media channels\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most parents would attest to feeling anxious about their children&#8217;s social media use. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15590987\/Its-not-just-children-hooked-social-media-one-five-parents-admit-theyre-addicted-Facebook-Instagram-making-anxious-too.html\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Most parents would attest to feeling anxious about their children&#8217;s social media use. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85940","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/facebook.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85941,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85940\/revisions\/85941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}