In Olympia, Aaron Ping turns grief into activism, supporting legislative efforts to safeguard minors from addictive social media features after son’s tragic death.
OLYMPIA, Wash. — For Aaron Ping, a debate unfolding in Olympia is deeply personal.
At home, he still flips through photos of his son Avery: mountain biking with friends, hiking outdoors, playing with his young cousin. It was, Ping says, a childhood mostly untouched by screens.
That changed when Avery became a teenager.
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Ping believes the social media apps on his son’s phone slowly took
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