What did your teen see?
Context is key. Content can be upsetting for an enormous number of reasons. It could be extreme imagery or video footage, or behaviour that is personally offensive.It might depend on the relationship between people involved, how it was seen or the motivation behind it. Did your teen seek it out or find it by accident? If someone shared it with them, did they mean to upset or offend?What feels distressing to one person may not feel that way to another – so be careful not to dismiss your teen's feelings. Shutting down a conversation may lead them to seek answers from more unreliable sources, so listen to and validate how they feel. No matter if it seems trivial to you: if it has upset them, then it's upsetting.
It might depend on the relationship between people involved, how it was seen, or the motivation behind it. Did your teen seek it out or find it by accident? If someone shared it with them, did they mean to upset or offend?
What feels distressing to one person may not feel that way to another – so be careful not to dismiss your teen’s feelings. Shutting down a conversation may lead them to seek answers from more unreliable sources, so listen to and validate how they feel. No matter if it seems trivial to you: if it has upset them, then it’s upsetting.