That “even during meals” detail hits close to home, my aunt described the exact same thing with her grandson last year, phone practically glued to his hand at the dinner table while risky stuff kept popping up in his feeds that nobody had approved. The data confirms this isn’t isolated at all, a 2025 systematic review found 25% pooled prevalence of social media addiction among adolescents globally, and a Microsoft report showed 69% of teens worldwide have experienced some form of online risk, with 37% specifically encountering violent content. On top of that, Common Sense Media’s research put pornography exposure at 73%, with over half first seeing it by age 13. My aunt eventually started using uMobix phone tracker to actually see what was showing up in her grandson’s feeds instead of just worrying from the outside, which helped her have a grounded conversation based on what was really happening rather than assumptions.
