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EPISODE · Jun 18, 2026 · 27 MIN

How might a social media ban affect my child's mental health?

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Canada's Bill C-34 aims to restrict social media access for people under the age of 16. Supporters say it could help reduce rising rates of depression, anxiety and social isolation. But Dr. Shimi Kang, a psychiatrist and clinical associate professor at UBC, says the proposed restrictions need more clarity, noting that social media can also help marginalized young people find support.For transcripts of The Dose, please visit: lnk.to/dose-transcripts. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. For more episodes of this podcast, click this link.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━12,347 listeners this week.[Claim your free resources →](freehealth.ca/)[Don't leave yours on the table.](freehealth.ca/)[👇 Join them in 3 seconds.](freehealth.ca/)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

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