I recently talked about how to raise an emotionally healthy son. While it is difficult today, it is not impossible. The same is true for girls. You can raise an emotionally healthy daughter, you just have to understand what she needs and what she’s up against.

For teen girls today, the greatest obstacle to emotional health is social media.

We’ve talked about this before, but last month, a study was released in the U.K. that directly linked depression among teen girls and social media use. It also revealed how social media affects girls differently than boys:

• Two-fifths of girls use social media for three hours a day or more, while only one-fifth of boys do.
• For teens who use social media more than five hours a day, there was a 50 percent increase in depressive symptoms among girls, compared to 35 percent among boys.
• Forty percent of girls, compared to 25 percent of boys, have been harassed online or cyberbullied.
• Girls, more than ever, are in need of emotional support from their parents because they are not getting it where they are spending most of their time: online.

For teen girls today, the greatest obstacle to emotional health is social media.