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