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Teen Kids News (Episode 2408)

20 minutes, 58 seconds

Now Playing As: Captioned (English) (Change)

"Teen Kids News (Episode 2408)" features a news-style segment on social media and mental health, explaining how platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok can affect self-esteem, sleep, anxiety, depression, and decision-making. The episode introduces key concepts including tech literacy, dopamine, addictive design, misinformation, screen-time limits, and healthy digital habits, with expert insights from psychologist Dr. Ariana Hoet. Additional short segments cover genetics and identical twins, early film history and Thomas Edison, dog nutrition and pet safety, Ohio state flag history, and road-sharing safety. This educational program supports health, digital literacy, psychology, civics, U.S. history, and safety-related curriculum topics through informational reporting and real-world examples. Part of the "Teen Kids News" series.

Media Details

Runtime: 20 minutes, 58 seconds

Topic: Counseling and Self-Help, Education, Health and Safety, Technology
Subtopic: Digital Literacy, Mental Health, Safety, Social Media, Social-Emotional Learning
Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
Release Year: 2024
Producer/Distributor: Eye Witness Kids News, LLC
Series: Teen Kids News
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Blurry closeup of a sheet of U, S currency notes with amounts and faces of Benjamin Franklin on the 100 dollar bill, Ulysses Grant on the 50 dollar bill, Andrew Jackson on the 20 dollar bill and Thomas Jefferson on the 2 dollar bill.

Closeup of crowded room of teenagers talking in a high school hallway. A man films them with a production level camera as another man, wearing headphones, watches the camera screen.

2 teenage girls sit on a carpeted floor. 1 girl in a tee-shirt with a red cross sits on her heels holding a folded white cloth in her lap. She speaks to the other girl sitting with 1 leg long and the other bent who appears to be injured.

Young boy plays a game of foosball with a young man in an outdoor camp setting. Both are concentrating on the tabletop game while turning the handles, engaged in active but friendly competition.

Multiple photos of young men and soldiers. The photos are standing up on a carpeted floor with sides slightly rolled. They are lined up next to, behind and above each other in front of a camouflage fabric backdrop.

Rear view of teenage girl sitting at a control panel in a room with equipment monitoring panels, switches, lights and racks from the mid-1900s. A man wearing a hard hat stands between the control panel and equipment panels as he speaks to the girl.

Person shining a light into someone's eye and looking closely at it. Caption: A migraine doesn't feel like a typical headache.

2 teenage boys look towards camera as they stand in front of what appears to be a lifeguard boat. They are wearing life jackets and have orange whistles in their mouths.