Social media can be hard to breakaway from, Kate tells students
Kate was visiting the Reach Academy Feltham in west London when she made the comments to a group of teenage students.
After the Duchess heard from a female pupil who said she had struggled with the pressures of social media, Kate said: "It can get so addictive as well.
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Hide Ad"It becomes part of your lifestyle, doesn't it? It's hard to break away from that, but having the support and learning, the good ways of using social media, because it's great in so many contexts, but it's also being able to sort of monitor your own use of it as well, which is great."
During the visit, Kate met pupils and parents who had been supported emotionally by mental health charity Place2Be.