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The couple ended their video by encouraging everyone to \"go check him out!\"

Levi wasted no time in sharing his first Instagram post, captioning it \"happy to be here.\"

\"Hi, I'm Levi,\" he says at the beginning of the video montage featuring clips and photos of him hanging out with friends, surfing and jumping into water off a cliff.

The post, set to Empire of the Sun's \"Walking on a Dream,\" also features an inspirational voiceover from his dad.

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PHOTO: Levi McConaughey joins Instagram for his 15th birthday.
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Despite social media sites like TikTok, Snapchat, Twitter and the Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram requiring users to be at least 13 to use their respective platforms, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said he believes that age is still \"too early.\"

\"If parents can band together and say, you know, as a group, we're not going to allow our kids to use social media until 16 or 17 or 18 or whatever age they choose, that's a much more effective strategy in making sure your kids don't get exposed to harm early,\" Murthy told CNN earlier this year.

Parents themselves have been debating what the appropriate age is to give children smartphones and, therefore, access to social media in the palm of their hands.

Since this problem doesn't have a one-size-fits-all solution, the American Academy of Pediatrics has a free tool where parents can work with their child to create a media plan that works for their own family, and the American Psychological Association has 10 recommendations designed to ensure that teens get the proper training on how use social media safely.

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