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What should parents do...

Teens can use social media to enhance their social development. But teens can also be negatively impacted by their own social media use. Social media use can also lead to cyberbullying, social anxiety, depression, and exposure to content that is not developmentally appropriate.

Model the behavior we want to see in them:
  • Avoid oversharing on social media. Ask our teens before we post about them
  • Have designated times every day when we shut down our devices and fully and intentionally engage in face to face contact, so our teens are learning verbal and non-verbal cues that are so important in communication
  • Giving teens our full attention when they talk to us and avoid glancing at our devices
  • Set clear, firm boundaries right when you give an adolescent a phone: The phone must be charged somewhere other than in the teen’s room at night. The phone will be shut off an hour before bed for good sleep hygiene. A parent has passwords and monitors social media use until he or she is comfortable the teen is using it in a healthy manner

Foster the teen's self-esteem on and off social media by supporting his/her positive inner qualities, rather than promoting popularity and appearances

Parents worry....

Source: Digital Information World

  • 54% of teens said they’d be a lot more worried about social media if their parents knew exactly what was going on online
  • 65% of parents surveyed by Pew Researchers said they worry about their kids spending too much time in front of screens

 

The majority of parents (68%) believe that the use of social media has a negative impact on their teen’s ability to socialize normally

Technology distracts teens from friends and other important things

Technology distracts teens from friends and other important things

  • 57% of all teens agree that using social media often distracts them when they should be doing homework
  • 54% of teen social media users agree that it often distracts them when they should be paying attention to the people they’re with
  • 29% of teen smartphone owners say they’ve been woken up by their phones during the night by a call, text, or notification
  • 42% of teens agree that social media has taken away from the time they could spend with friends in person

Let us see the "truth" from the teenagers point of view

What do teens think? 

% who say using social media makes them feel:

  • Lonely: 3% (More) 25% (Less)
  • Depressed: 3% (More) 16% (Less)
  • Anxious: 8% (More) 12% (Less)
  • Confident: 20% (More) 5% (Less)
  • Better about themselves: 18% (More) 4% (Worse)

Popular: 20% (More) 3% (Less)

We are unique personalities with many common elements that exist within us independent of the religion boundaries or culture we are brought up with

C. Pashiardis

 

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