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- Social media was not created with the best interest of teenagers in mind. Instinctively, we know our kids shouldn’t invest time engaging with social media platforms because we, as adults, can see the dangers—the social comparison, constant judgments, and endless drama. Many of us are so thankful we didn’t have social media when we were their age be... See more
from How to Delay the Age At Which Kids Get Smartphones by Melanie Hempe
simon added
We think social media has changed childhood and adolescence for the worse, so much so that it constitutes a “great rewiring of childhood.” Beginning in the 1990s, a childhood based heavily on outdoor play began to fade away and was replaced by a phone-based childhood in the early 2010s, when teens traded in their flip phones for smartphones.
Can we
... See morefrom Do the Kids Think They’re Alright? by Eli George
sari and added
The intrusion of smartphones and social media are not the only changes that have deformed childhood. There’s an important backstory, beginning as long ago as the 1980s, when we started systematically depriving children and adolescents of freedom, unsupervised play, responsibility, and opportunities for risk taking, all of which promote competence,
... See morefrom The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood by Jonathan Haidt
- -Young people are comfortable forging online-only or online-first relationships.
from A Sense of Belonging by Shripriya Mahesh
sari added
Maybe all the talking about the bad influence of smartphones and social media having a bad influence on young people is heavily exaggerated - and just an excuse to not bother much about making their living and learning conditions better, and caring more about the future world they gonna have to live in
Andreas Vlach added
- We should learn from alcohol, which is studied, labeled, taxed, and restricted. Similar strictures would discourage social-media abuse among teenagers. We should continue to study exactly how and for whom these apps are psychologically ruinous and respond directly to the consensus reached by that research.
from Social Media Is Attention Alcohol by The Atlantic
Mark Fishman added
- The younger generation can develop online reputation and credentials on social (Instagram, Twitter) and digital media (Youtube, Twitch) networks.
from Issue #24: DAOs, Reputation and the Future of Work by Andrew Beal
sari added
In sum, our efforts to find and elicit the views of Gen Z largely confirm our initial concerns while also suggesting additional avenues for investigation. The kids are not alright, and the combination of smartphones and social media is a major reason why
from Do the Kids Think They’re Alright? by Jonathan Haidt
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