The Business of Broken Self-Worth in the Digital Age

Social media platforms aren’t just reflecting our insecurities—they’re cultivating them, Kay Rubacek writes. Getty Images

Commentary

A new study from JAMA Pediatrics should stop us in our tracks: Early adolescents who report addictive use of screens—not just frequent use—are more than twice as likely to consider suicide within two years. Not because they’re online too much, but because they can’t stop.