What is your idea about using of the social networking by the children?
Is it suitable for them??
What is your suggestion about this case?
Dear Dr Sina
It is not rational to ban internet and social networking to the kids, as Social media is a part of everyday life for most teenagers , but the best way and the most important solution is to talk with your kids about how to use social media wisely. They and we should know and consider that network increasing their creativity by sharing ideas, music, and art; meet and interact with others!
Dear Dr Sina
It is not rational to ban internet and social networking to the kids, as Social media is a part of everyday life for most teenagers , but the best way and the most important solution is to talk with your kids about how to use social media wisely. They and we should know and consider that network increasing their creativity by sharing ideas, music, and art; meet and interact with others!
Social media plays a big role in teen culture today. Surveys show that ninety percent of teens ages 13-17 have used social media. Seventy five percent report having at least one active social media profile, and 51% report visiting a social media site at least daily. Two thirds of teens have their own mobile devices with internet capabilities. On average, teens are online almost nine hours a day, not including time for homework.
There are positive aspects of social media, but also potential risks. It is important for parents to help their teens use these sites responsibly.
Potential benefits of social media include:
- Staying connected to friends
- Meeting new friends with shared interests
- Finding community and support for specific activities
- Sharing art work or music
- Exploring and expressing themselves
Potential risks of social media include:
- Exposure to harmful or inappropriate content (e.g., sex, drugs, violence, etc.)
- Exposure to dangerous people
- Cyber bullying, a risk factor for depression and suicide
- Oversharing personal information
- Exposure to excessive advertisements
- Privacy concerns including the collection of data about teen users
- Identity theft or being hacked
- Interference with sleep, exercise, homework, or family activities
Teenagers need support and education to develop the skills to manage their social media use. There are many ways to help your child learn to use social media sites responsibly. It's important to talk with your child about their social media use and your family rules, including consequences for too much use or inappropriate use and whether you will be monitoring their online activities.
Consider the following suggestions depending on your child's age and maturity:
- Friending or following your child's social media accounts with an agreement about whether you will or won't post or respond to their posts
- "No screen" times such as "no screens at the dinner table," "no screens in bedrooms" after a certain time of day, or "no social media use until homework is done"
- Ensuring that privacy settings are turned on to limit access to personal information
- Instructing teens not to share full names, addresses, telephone numbers, social security numbers, passwords, and bank or credit card numbers
- having location enabled services turned "off"
- Exploring apps which limit internet access to age appropriate sites.
If you feel your teen is spending too much time on social media, is upset by what they see, or becomes involved with risky behaviors, talk to your pediatrician, family doctor, or a trained and qualified mental health professional. They can help you and your child develop safe and appropriate rules regarding social media use.
reference/https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/FFF-Guide/Children-and-Social-Networking-100.aspx
regards
A particular person should use it in a proper way. You can use a pen for the development of the world as well as for the "end" of the world. This is applicable for social media as well.
People who have more virtues use this for the development of the world.
You may like it or not, children will use social networking. It is better to teach them, guide them and put them in the right direction. If we ban them, they may take a wrong direction. Once they are in the wrong direction, it will become impossible to divert them back to the right direction.
From my personal opinion, social media has more detrimental affects to the children (
It's utilization by children has a bad consequences on the health and the mend of the childrens
For today’s kids and teens, social media ¨is an essential part of their lives, much the way telephones were important to us at their age.¨ By talking about social networking with your child, you can help your child understand how they should manage their profiles later in life and the consequences that are attached to each action. Educating your child is beneficial as the future of social networking is evolving and more information is available at social networks. In the future social networking can be an educational tool that hopefully will go hand in hand with education systems.
¨The internet offers children access to information, communication with their friends and opportunities for exploring the wider world.¨ There are many benefits of being able to connect to the internet for children as they are able to learn and enjoy their experience, but this should be guided, limited and supervised to a certain extent at certain age groups.
Due to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act it is illegal for commercial websites and apps to offer accounts to children under 13 without parental consent
Most popular social networks require 13 years of age to sign up for an account such as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Reddit, Snapchat and Seeret. Twitter used to have an age limit of 13 but in 2009 that was removed and when you sign up, your age is not asked.
Children can also benefited from the use of social media if used properly, but try to control of social media addict.
Children can use it But they should closely monitored by the parents
It has both building and destructive influences on the children
Thanks a lot for all of the your good and helpful answers. Actually, I read whole of them with great pleasure. Your idea and suggestion are so useful for me, certainly.
Thanks again.
By talking with your child and agreeing on some social media rules, you can help your child get the most out of social media.
Not suitable all the sides in a social network for children. So the parents should control the children activities in social network.
Social network contribution less and is more harmful to children, traditional way of social networking, real time (face to face) creates a better impact
Social media is a big part of social life for many teenagers and children, but social media has risks as well as benefits. By talking with your child and agreeing on some social media rules, you can help your child get the most out of social media.
Social media for children and teenagers
Social media is a term for the online services that people use to connect with others, share media content, and form social networks. Some of the most popular services include Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Tumblr, Instagram, Pinterest, Skype, YouTube, Viber, and Snapchat.
Online multiplayer games, like World of Warcraft, League of Legends, Clash of Clans and The Sims are also becoming important social media spaces for young people, where they connect with other gamers and chat while playing. Gaming chat sites are also popular ways for children and teenagers to connect with others who share their particular gaming interests.
Using social media means uploading and sharing content. This includes:
- creating online profiles
- posting comments or chatting
- uploading photos and videos
- sharing links
- tagging photos and content
- creating and sharing game modifications
- remixing or changing existing content and sharing it.
What your child gets from social media
Social media is a vital aspect of teenagers’ and children’s social and creative lives. They use social media to have fun, make and maintain friendships, share interests and explore identities. It’s a natural extension of their offline and face-to-face interactions.
Social media can connect children and teenagers to online global communities based on shared interests. These might be support networks – for example, for young people with disability or medical conditions, teenagers who are same-sex attracted, or children from particular cultural backgrounds. Or they might be sites for commenting on and sharing content about particular interests like games, TV series, music or hobbies.
Your child can get many other benefits from using social media:
- Digital media literacy: exploring and experimenting on social media can help your child build the knowledge and skills she needs to enjoy online activities and avoid online risks.
- Collaborative learning: your child can use social media to share educational content, either informally or in formal school settings.
- Creativity: your child can be creative with profile pages, photos and video, and modifications for games.
- Mental health and wellbeing: connecting with extended family and friends and taking part in local and global online communities can give your child a sense of connection and belonging.
Risks of social media
Social media sites can be risky spaces. For your child, these risks include:
- being exposed to inappropriate content like violent or sexual comments or images
- uploading inappropriate content like embarrassing or provocative photos or videos of himself or others
- sharing personal information with strangers – for example, phone numbers, date of birth or location
- cyberbullying.
http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/social_networking.html
Access should be restricted for minors, it's a major distraction to academics for most of the children in my country, it has also contributed to injuries and death of these children as most of them are seen walking the street with earphones plugged to their ears and their eyes fixed on their tablets and pads not taking cognisance of the life around them
Social media has both plus and minus. It act as a home teacher for my children. As a parent I am free from homework and doubt clearing.. in that view I am much happy about it.
Social networking has changed the face of connectivity across the world. Like a coin, it has 2 faces that include advantages and disadvantages. Children can learn new things and share their opinions with one another. They can stay connected with their friends and make new friends. Despite of these, sometimes they may access inappropriate content posted on these site that can potentially influence their behavior. Therefore, children must be thought about the benefits and harmful effects of the Social networking sites by parents and teachers.
That is very important topic and hard for the parents , they must cotrol for their children.
Excessive use of social networking sites adversely affects study and health of children.
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