Social Media Influence on Teens

They had to get their attention some sort of way because this has gone on way to far. Yes the news and everything else is important but are the teens not? Are their life decision not as important as what is going on today because they are the ones that are basically creating this world that we live in and that are grandchildren will come upon.

The kids are changing in their style to dress, who they hang around and what they do. Some changes are for the better and some are for the worse.

This is more for the parents. This is the first blog or article i have seen that actually wanted to help parent understand how teens are thinking when it comes to social media. What makes them get on, what makes them make the decisions to do and who are using the social media. 

If you read this and just go down the list you will see that every post has a meaning. My favorite one was when they talked about what social media site fits you. You go to twitter if you love your own opinions, and Facebook is more of used to create a portfolio of your life choices.

A teen can go a year without talking to a person face to face. As long as they are able to text them or chat with the during social media. Social media have ruined social skills of our youth today. They have made them weird in person because the only thing they do is sit there and pull out their phones. They will never speak and sometimes it is perceived very rude but this is natural to them. They do not see a problem with it. But it is not a problem if no one addresses it to them. 

https://www.dove.com/uk/dove-self-esteem-project/help-for-parents/talking-about-appearance/how-does-social-media-affect-teens.html

Now social media makes these kids feel insecure at an earlier age because they scroll down their instagram and see the lifestyles that they don't have that they wish they could have.

I thought this was pretty interesting. These stats say a lot about what teens are mostly doing during the day. Snapchat is used for keeping in touch with friends says 89% of the teens and that is funny because snapchat is this social media site where you keep to post videos but they are only ip to 10 seconds long. So in that 10 seconds we have seen a clip of your day or whatever you are doing at that current moment. Kids say that they enter snapchat more than 11 times per day, more times then when you enter the restroom and more then when you eat. Crazy right? And they have said to use more then 5 social media channels per day. How do they keep up with everything else going on in their life.

Listening to this video, Emilia shows the good in social media. She states how social media is for you to boost your confidence up and not for you to be worried about who has cleavage and who does not. Its about getting those wonderful comments under your pictures. It is about sharing the positivity.

Social media as a good type of drug? Social media as the reason to help depression and anxiety? This is more like it 

Reading this article made every thing so true. The teens find this love online and suddenly they become someone that they aren't. They become this perfect behind the screen person but they are not actually them. They become distant with friends and family due to their time spent over the internet. They get themselves wrapped up into this relationship that may never be real but can change them for a lifetime. 

My favorite sentence is “Yet, it is possible to feel quite isolated when walking down the streets, because all around you, people are walking with heads bowed down, hardly noticing their surroundings.” This is all so true and this is how things are now. 

When did what a person wears or how they act define who they are? Or turn into words or a phrase that have such a negative connotation. 

The parents have set NO boundaries for these kids allowing them to be able to visit and have these social media sites. Parents see no harm in it but i see a lot of harm in allowing an 8 year old to have any parts of social media. These are how young girls and boys are getting abducted now because the PARENTS have no authority over what there child is doing with technology. 

Psychologist and doctors are saying how here technology is affecting esteem. You build esteem from being able to express yourself and how you feel but they feel as if kids are starting to hide behind words or even in this case behind the screen with causes a lower self esteem. So in this case technology is harming the child rather then helping.

Watching this video showed me that social media is not always bad for the younger kids. When a big sister goes on her little sisters social media page she may see a picture of her little sister and say “dork” but to her little sister that picture is what brings her the FAME she is looking for. They post for the fame and for the likes. So in a way its makes them feel good about themselves.