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🧑 Ages 13–19 · Teenagers
Dual Worksheet
Teen Social Media
Audit Worksheet
Complete your column separately, then come together to compare. Designed to start a conversation — not an argument. No right or wrong answers.
Ofcom 2023
Royal Society for Public Health
Mind UK
Rules for using this worksheet: Each person fills in their own column without looking at the other's answers. No coaching, no peeking. When both columns are complete, share them and discuss the differences — especially where your answers surprise each other. Neither column is more "right" than the other.
Part 1 — Daily usage
How much time do you/does your teen spend on social media on a typical school day?
Which platforms do you/does your teen use most? (List them in order)
What time do you/does your teen usually stop using social media before bed?
What do you/does your teen mainly do on social media? (watch, post, message, browse?)
Part 2 — Emotional reactions to social media
Rate each feeling from 1 (never) to 5 (often) using the circles below. Teen fills left column; parent estimates right column independently.
🧑 Teen rates themselves
Comparing myself to others
1 = Never5 = Often
👨👩👧 Parent estimates for teen
Comparing myself to others
1 = Never5 = Often
Part 3 — What we wish the other understood
This is the most important section. Write honestly — then share without interrupting each other.
🧑 Teen — what I wish my parent understood about social media
👨👩👧 Parent — what I wish my teen understood about my concerns
🧑 Teen — one rule I think is too strict
👨👩👧 Parent — one thing I'm willing to change
After comparing — conversation starters
Use these prompts to guide your discussion:
1What surprised you most about the other person's answers?
2Where did your answers match — and what does that tell you?
3Which emotional reaction score had the biggest gap between columns?
4What is one thing you'd each be willing to try differently based on what you've read?
5What's one thing you want to check in on again in a month's time?
What we agreed after this conversation
Write down any commitments you make together so you can refer back to them:
👨👩👧 Parent will try to…
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