It’s no news that our world runs on social media today. When you’re all outside, it’s almost a norm to find everyone buried in their phones or what’s very devices they own. On the streets, in the market, at work, in the salon, in the hospital and even as we cross the streets, some of us are always on our phones.
This is because todays generation is so addicted to social media to the extent that we even tend to put our own lives at risk sometimes. Some of us have our whole lives on social media and funny enough, we are doing just fine with it and actually love the attention. But then, social media is for everyone. Social media is good and bad at the same time depending on how it is being used and what it is being used for.
We have people using social media to make million of dollars on the daily basis and we have others who always find themselves in debt, thanks to social media. Social media will be good or bad to you depending on what you use it for. Speaking of adolescent, most adolescents today are present on social media and tend to spend a number hours of their day on social media and I must say, this has impacted most of them negatively.
Most adolescents today are insecure, have low self esteem and even engage in acts they should be engaging in, all thanks to social media. As we know, these young ones are at a stage where they are discovering themselves on the daily basis, getting to know who they are , making changes to various aspects of their lives and so on. So, imagine an adolescent coming online to see his or her mates displaying lavish things living big lifestyles. Not on, but some of them would obviously start to compare themselves to their mates on social media and start to feel inferior. Some will even go to the extend of doing things that are really not necessary just so they can also live that kind of life. Due to this, the average adolescent is almost always depressed because instead of thinking about what they want to do with their lives and all of that, they are out there worrying about what could have been and trying to amass wealth that their mates were born into.
Aside all these stuff , adolescent spend a lot of time on social media when they could have used that time to learn a skill or even an online course. Most of them would rather spend the whole day on TikTok than learn an online course for an hour. This makes them sleep deprived and exhausted most of the time. With the amount of time they spend online, they barely have enough time for their academics whhch is bad. I guess this is what has become of our generation.
As parents and guardians, we need to keep an eye on our kids, manage how they use socail media,cousel them and make them feel comfortable to be able to speak to you about anything. This way, you get to be part of their lives and be of help to them if need be.
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