Fearing teens are too alone due to social media, US influencers discuss solutions

Jordan Garcia, a senior in high school and member of The Children's Trust Youth Advisory Committee, participating in a panel discussion about possible solutions to raising kids healthy in South Florida at St. Roch Market Miami in the Design District. — Miami Herald/TNS

MIAMI: A so-called loneliness epidemic among US teens, which has driven a growing number of experts to warn about spending too much time on social media, is frustrating local youth and mentors as they seek to bump awareness of mental health.

It is these concerns that brought together a group of Miami influencers and nonprofit leaders on to exchange experiences in raising today's generation of young adults in a panel discussion, "How Can We Motivate Our Kids?"