ESTRATÉGIAS DA ENFERMAGEM NA PREVENÇÃO DA ADULTIZAÇÃO INFANTIL NAS REDES SOCIAIS

This narrative review examined nursing strategies described in the literature and their potential application to preventing the adultification of children and adolescents on social media. The SciELO collection, the Virtual Health Library portal and Google Scholar were searched for publications in Portuguese or English published from 2018 to 2026. The ten publications included addressed both the attribution of adult maturity and responsibilities to young people and the pressure to adopt adult standards of appearance and behaviour online. Publications on commercial exploitation discussed situations in which children become responsible for generating family income. Two publications addressed nursing directly. One recommended recognising adultification bias and listening to children and adolescents. The other described an educational activity on screen use and reported the reach of its posts. Neither assessed whether adultification on social media decreased. The synthesis suggests that nurses ask who decides what images are shared, how the child or adolescent participates in that decision, and whether they are under pressure to produce content. The effectiveness of these strategies remains to be evaluated.