The damaging consequences of social media are increasingly well documented, so some parents are trying to raise their children with restrictions or blanket bans on social media use.
  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    231·
    6 months ago

    Experts: social media is harmful for kids

    Schools: let’s use social media as an official communication platform!

    WTF.

  • yokonzo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    6 months ago

    I mean I got along without it, i just played video games and masturbated most of the time

    • RGB3x3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      6 months ago

      Sounds like you’re older though. Social media wasn’t nearly as ubiquitous a decade ago as it is now.

      There was separation between online and everything else. But for these kids, online is everything. The spaces are nearly equal in experience and importance.

      • yokonzo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        Yeah I suppose so, but all I mean is, kids are pretty good at finding ways to entertain themselves