RE: Social media & kids - a scary mix!
That mother-daughter account is unnecessarily confusing – why not just make a dedicated account for the daughter where she can shadow write, something like what @tarazkp does with his daughter on the @smallsteps account.
But whether kids and their identity should or shouldn't be posted on social media is in an awfully grey area, but the middle ground idea of not showing kids' faces seems like a reasonable line to take.
Surely once he's in highschool, he will have his own Facebook and Instagram page (a thought which already makes me sick!)
Don't be so sure... 15 years in the digital era is a long time and a lot can change – Facebook as we know it might not even exist then. But even if it did, don't forget that you and @el-cr are both Steemians and surely can pass your heritage to bring up a good second-generation Steemian ;)
I'm actually glad that I don't have a daughter (no offense to all of you parents with daughters!)
This is a legit concern, because social media seems to have more negative effects on girls, because boy-violence more often tends to be physical, whereas violence by girls tends to be indirect: social exclusion, etc. which is possible to practice in social media. I learned this from some Joe Rogan podcast, and it was quite alarming, because I also learned that the suicidal tendencies of under 15-year-olds has grown enormously with increased social media use – the phenomena of suicidal tendencies of young children was non-existent before social media.
@smallsteps is a baby book only, not a pre-teen book. At some point, it will be retired.
In Finland schools are pressing parents for children to have a Facebook page so they can push homework and updates through it. That is nonsense. When it comes to identity, people share images of their children across private accounts and it is not like they are actually so private, as we have found out.
When it comes to having a girl, this is the reason one has to make sure they are actually prepared for the world they are going to enter, not shelter them from it so they are unable to recognise the various threats. One of the current issues in this environment is that so many children have been protected that they no longer can identify a credible threat from a friendly face. My daughter is going to know the difference. She herself however is yet to have any screen time at all and she will live an analogue life for as long as possible where she can learn the reality of situations and people.
Right, it was just the closest thing to pop up in my mind :)
Really? That is probably the biggest bullshit I've heard in a while. When I was in school we had this software called Wilma through which all the necessary messaging and information considering school was delivered, so I don't understand why Facebook has to be mixed into that in anyway.
Yeah, there's only so much one can be protected from the environment until becoming an adult.
A client of mine told me about it two weeks ago. Wilma is also the place where parents complain about good teachers because the teachers are forced to discipline children that aren't taught how to behave at home.
People have become emotionally and psychologically soft, hurt by any perceived slight against them.
Ironic, parents whining to teachers who are actually doing their job.
Oh my, using Facebookto push homework sounds awful, and a huge invasion of privacy in my opinion! Then why not create a whatsapp group or something a little less visual...
It's great that you are going to educate yoru daughter about the risks, that's exactly the right wayto go about it in my opinion.
But also from experience, even when you're taught the risks, you don't always recognize them in the moment.
very valid points! And yes, definitely creating a 2nd generation Steemian =)
This is exactly what scares me about kids on social media...the body image issue, the online bullying, and like you say, I think it happens more with girls (I don't know the stats, but girls can be very mean to eachother!).
I have been bullied myself as a kid by other girls, and I imagine that if social media had existed back then, it would have been much worse...