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While some parents make mountains out of molehills, you need to remember that there are some manipulative teens out there, and also that this isn't your generation - this one is dealing with the reverb effects of social media, which is merciless because it shows all the other people having fun without you. Adults suffer from this as well. 
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You think teens weren't left out of things back in the 80s and 90s? [b]Sure it's perhaps more in your face now with social media [/b]but sitting at home on a Friday night with nothing to do when you know the other kids are out at parties has never been fun.

You just need to learn how to ignore it. That's life. You're not going to be included in everything. Better to accept that now and learn how to be happy anyway.[/quote]

Social media makes social isolation and bullying several degrees of magnitude worse. 
This is why psychologists and educators are agitating about its dangers.

Just because you think some parents are over-reacting, and they are, you shouldn't dismiss the real threats that come with social media.
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I don't know why you are so stuck on social media. Keep your kid off it if it is such a concern to you or limit their use.

Most of the posts about this are not about social media anyway. There are about why hasn't their kid been invited to this or that play date or party and should they reach out to the other parents to get them invited. Um, NO. Don't do that. That'll make it worse, guaranteed.[/quote]

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