SOCIAL MEDIA USE AND TEENAGERS
While it is important
for parents to instill healthy habits surrounding social media use, cutting
across limiting as well as monitoring time online, it is also important to
recognize that social media is not a bad thing for children. It only becomes
problematic if people misuse it for instance for, public shaming, cyber criminality, cyber bullying and even hate
speech. As a matter of fact, research has established that there are many benefits
to social media use:
-Friendships are encouraged
-Source of information
-Medium of creating
an online presence
-Showcase their potentials
and talents
-Get connected
with others around the world
Parents just have to
properly school their children on the exciting rewards of social media not
leaving out the negative effects too.
Maagbor Welisane
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