Consider parental controls or other technological tools to block, filter, or monitor their teen’s online activities.

Take a multipronged approach to social media management, including time limits, parental monitoring and supervision, and ongoing discussions about social media.

Ask them what they watch on social media and how they understand what was posted, and pose hypothetical questions to them to learn how they would respond to various situations they might encounter online.

It is also important for adults to model healthy social media use in their own lives.