Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have become interested in children’s mental health problems

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry marked World Mental Health Day by speaking in New York at a panel discussion organized by their Archewell Foundation as part of the second annual festival of mental health awareness.

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle stepped out on Tuesday, October 10, in the couple’s first public appearance since a paparazzi incident in New York in which photographers chased Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in a “near-disastrous car chase” in Manhattan.

The event focused on families affected by the consequences of their child’s use of social media. The Sussexes were joined by former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and TV presenter and Healthy Minds board member Carson Daly, who also moderated the panel, The Independent reports.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have called on social media owners to adopt better content moderation policies, saying changes need to be made to addictive apps that can harm young people’s mental health: “Please stop sending content to children that you wouldn’t want them to see.” seen by your own children. I think it’s a very simple request and easy to fulfill.”

Speaking about the stories shared by parents on the panel, the Duchess of Sussex admitted she was brought to tears by the “devastating” experience. Prince Harry also said that he and Meghan want to “provide as much support, attention and platforms as possible for parents to come together, heal together, grieve together and collectively focus on solutions so that no other family anywhere has to go through this.” what they went through.”

“Your poor mental health affects everyone around you. The younger generation feels much more positive about this. There’s no point in saying, “I’m fine, I feel good.” Everyone here is susceptible to mental illness,” Prince Harry said at the discussion.

According to ABC News, Meghan Markle spoke about her own mental health struggles at the panel. That’s why the couple is trying to make their use of social media “a more positive and better version.” Without naming names, the prince’s wife said they have had conversations with tech executives at companies who claim they have created restrictions on their platforms. But the Duchess rightly noted that parents are not always comfortable navigating social networks and they need more reliable solutions so that “people don’t get hurt, especially children.”

Vivek Murthy believes that the burden of rapidly evolving technology on parents and their children may be too great: “The data shows that we are in a mental health crisis. It took us too long to act.”

The Daily Mail notes that Meghan Markle no longer has an active public social media account, but before she started dating Prince Harry, she regularly shared updates about her life and work on Suits. Her account had two million subscribers. This account was deleted shortly after her engagement to Prince Harry was announced. In March 2020, Meghan and Harry announced that they would quit social media altogether.

In the UK, Harry’s brother, Prince William, and his wife Kate Middleton also took part in a forum created to raise awareness of mental health problems among young people. They have launched the next stage of their campaign to support the nation’s mental health, calling for “concrete action” to help the next generation. At the event, the Princess of Wales gave a speech to young people and told them that the main goal is “to create a fairer, safer, kinder and more equal society.” Prince William joined the public discussion after Kate’s speech and stressed that talking about mental health helps break down the stigma associated with the issue, “but there is still a lot to be done.”

In 2016, Kate, William and Harry launched Heads Together, a joint mental health initiative aimed at changing the national narrative on mental wellbeing. In February 2018, Meghan joined the initiative at a mental health forum organized by the Royal Foundation in London.