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How using social media affects teenagers? Rachel Ehmke did a survey and asked 2 experts, Dr. Steiner-Adair and Dr. Donna Wick about his topic. As we know, children and especially adolescents are able to spend all of their free time on social media. As Dr. Steiner-Adair said, she does not wonder why are children missing out on social skills, because they cannot see through social media the body image and facial expressions of a person they are talking to. (Steiner-Adar, 2018) She also thinks that making friends is one of the most important things growing up and that friendships requires a lot of risk taking. She said: ““Part of healthy self-esteem is knowing how to say what you think and feel even when you’re in disagreement with other people or it feels emotionally risky,”

Cyberbullying is the big issue on social media as we all know and Dr. Donna Wick says, that children are now able to be so nasty to others that we can’t even imagine. Dr. Wick also said: “Adolescence and the early twenties in particular are the years in which you are acutely aware of the contrasts between who you appear to be and who you think you are.”

Parents should be more careful with what their children do. Both of the experts said that it all has to start with the parents. The parents have to show the kids that they are not on social media too and they should do something like a quality time together and the whole family should be socializing together. 

Sources: 
Ehmke, R. (2018, October 23). How Using Social Media Affects Teenagers. Retrieved from https://childmind.org/article/how-using-social-media-affects-teenagers/
https://childmind.org/article/how-using-social-media-affects-teenagers/


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  1. KatarinaDecember 14, 2018 at 1:16 PM

    I believe that parents have the biggest influence on children's behavior and social media use in general. It's true that some kids nowadays are struggling with making friends and are lacking some important social skills. This issue is of fundamental importance, great blog!

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