Parents are mad their kids are influenced by negative social media trends, influencers and other stuff. The usual excuse is, you cant stop your kids from using the internet or its the environment fault. I used to work in education with kids, majority of the kids are not influenced by social media. Its only the few that take it way more serious than they should. Then when you meet the parents, you know exactly why the kids are the way they are. Majority of the times, its the kids that were neglected by their parents that end up in those situations. I know plenty of parents that didnt even let their kids use social media until later on down the line. by the time the kids saw most social media trends, they were conditioned not to be influenced by it. Its not the media its the parents who neglect and dont instill values in their kids. I
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Isn’t it both though?
Yes, the primary responsibility for regulating screen time for children is that of the parents. But even the most diligent parents can’t do that completely, at least once the children pass a certain age.
And social media is designed to be addictive, divisive, destructive. That drives engagement and that is the only thing these tech bro psychopaths care about. It’s already cooked the minds of plenty of Gen Z. And it might be even more destructive with alpha.
It’s definitely both.
I’ve worked with kids for a very long time. Parents really love to pretend they just don’t have much control over anything about their kids. But sure, it’s totally both.
Even if you completely isolated your kid from social media and by some miracle they aren’t interested in the Internet or social media, they will still be influenced by their friends at school who picked up negative habits from social media. It then spreads like a disease.
Not influenced by social media? That’s like saying advertising doesn’t work. LOL
Parents do need to do more to make sure their kids aren’t exposed to as much but I will also say…my kids figured out how to get burner phones. Social media wasn’t allowed in our house so they would either get a burner phone or create social media profiles through their friend’s phones at school. Their friends would have more than one phone and let my daughter borrow one while at school. She is smart, rebellious, and subversive.
100% agree. I have three kids, well now two young adults and a teen. They were of coarse upset they weren’t allowed to have a tablet or phone until they started highschool. Or that they had to do chores and help around the house when their friends didnt have to. Or that they had to show respect to all elders and teachers (well they never actually complained about that one) and work on hobbies or help with the pets and younger but oh well. And now they thank me for it as both young adults are successful, think social media is cringe and a waste of time, and are super useful and conscientious people who had no problem getting good jobs after college. I am a single mom living below the poverty line too so its not like they were privileged or otherwise “entertained”
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To put it entirely on one or the other is too simplistic. It’s a much more complex issue than that. Are parents a bigger percentage of the issue? Probably. But there are many factors at play, and to say it’s all parents is shortsighted and takes the easy way out.
>you know exactly why the kids are the way they are. Majority of the times, its the kids that were neglected by their parents that end up in those situations.
i agree with this 👆
but honestly the media are TERRIBLE!! they appeal to a young audience and it’s usually trash of very little reviewed, and “parental control” is more a catch phrase than something real, as i keep saying, the platforms should DO MORE