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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't. I'm hoping they thank me later. Oldest not yet in high school, though, which is when it may be hard to hold out.

My closest childhood friend works for one of the big Silicon Valley companies. Her kids go to "Forest School" and she tries not to let them see the parents on devices at all. She's seen into the belly of the beast and knows enough to be scared.[/quote]

I have two in high school in fcps. Neither has it.
They are doing just fine. [/quote]

That’s cool. So are all the kids I know who do have it. We can share anecdotes all day.[/quote]

Sure Jan [/quote]

I know for some strange reason you want to believe all teens are depressed and mentally ill, but they just aren’t. Sorry to…disappoint you?[/quote]

DP. You think if a kid isn’t showing signs of full blown depression or mental illness that social media isn’t possibly affecting their mental wellbeing?[/quote]

No, but neither is it accurate to say that ALL or even MOST teens who have social media are negatively affected by it. It simply isn't true. The people asserting that either don't have teens at all, or their teens are not on social media, so they have no idea. [/quote]

Depends on how you define “negatively affected.”[/quote]

So your oldest is 8? 10? I know your type.[/quote]

Why do you assume that? My oldest is 15.[/quote]

If they don’t have social media, you are not qualified to remark on how it’s affecting their mental health. [/quote]

Geez, you REALLY love social media for your kids (and likely yourself). I know your type, too.[/quote]

Yet here you are. So much hand wringing![/quote]

This site is a massive waste of time and is addictive and is terrible for my mental wellbeing, but we both know this is not the type of social media we’re talking about when it comes to kids and teens. [/quote]

My kids have fantastic relationships with so many of their cousins and other extended family thanks to social media. It is definitely a value add for us. [b]It has also helped them to identify the sorts of kids they don’t want to be friends with. [/b][/quote]

How so?[/quote]

PP here. Like some of the kids my DD is friends with on social media will post pics of themselves at parties holding alcoholic beverages. Or in very provocative looking photos with boyfriends and stuff like that. [/quote]

So do you think social media is harmful for those kids? Or for kids who want to emulate or hang out with them?[/quote]

I view it more as a parenting failure. [/quote]

Yep, for giving them access to social media in the first place. Totally agree.[/quote]

Nah. For being lazy parents. Same as parents who forbid social media because they are too lazy to monitor it or scaffold it.[/quote]

At what age do you think a good parent allows social media?[/quote]

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