Analysis Of The Article 'Stop Freaking Out, Parents'

In the article ''Stop Freaking Out, Parents: Social Media isn't the Problem'' by Danah Boyed she is mistaken that using social media is not making our kids vulnerable to online predators, socially maladjusted, or liable to be bullied. Social media is making our kids vulnerable to online predators. If danger had a recipe, these ingredients spell trouble: vulnerable children, naive teenagers, predators, and the social media that readily connects them. Sexual predators do exist and are very dangerous. It begins with constant texting or stalking on Facebook to gain the kids trust, then predators send pornographic pictures via a chat session, and end it by taking step further and that's when they ask for for a picture or a video of these kids naked.
Social media affects our kid's feelings of loneliness, separating them from the real world and increasing their feelings of depression. For instance, social media spread news of engagement and breakups, job gain and losses, passing test or failing, or news of life or death. It's easy for our kids to become overwhelmed with all the news. Social media also leads our kids to social isolation, especially, when the kids spent most oft the time on social media and reduce the chances of actual social communication. In addition, social media affects family cohesion. Social media makes our kids independent from the parent's involvement in their social lives. Our kids see social media as one way of gaining freedom from over- involvement and instruction from their parents. Kids prefer to stay in their rooms sitting behind a phone or a computer screen, chatting, texting, playing or meeting new people rather than sitting with the family. Like a mother was complaining to me about her teenage son the other day. He was very fond of painting, but recently, he lost interest in his hobby, he spent most of his time on social media. She noticed that sitting behind the screen affected his eyes and body, and he miss the opportunity to develop his personality and learn social skills. He stay up late chatting with friends or uploading pictures on Facebook, and he barely wakes up in the morning. This is one mother and I'm sure there is many
Bullying can take a variety of forms. Bullying can happen when people, post negative comments on pictures, post abusive posts on a user's wall, use pictures or videos to make fun of another person, or when use social media to stalk. It can happen on Facebook, Twitter, Whats app, Snapchat, and Instagram. The effect of social media bullying is often more dangerous than physical bullying, especially at the beginning. However, if parents do not watch their children, the end result can be tragic. The bullying in social media has caused the instances of teen suicide to rise dramatically. This is because many teens do not have the emotional capacity to deal with bullying, and it may lead to dangerous things, like skipping school, or using alcohol or drugs. Parents should talk to the kids and teach them how to deal with bulling and always tell the parents if anybody post defamatory information about them, so parents can contact the social networking site with a complaint. And take a legal action if these activities get out of hand. But unfortunately, sometimes bullying will not stop. As an example, by Sam Florella, “Cyber-Bullying, Social Media, and Parental Responsibility.”The Huffington Post article, what happened to Rebecca Sedwick, of Lank Land, Fla, who jumped from a cement factory tower on September 9th,2013.'' While only two girls were arrested for bullying, which allegedly caused Sedwick to commit suicide, authorities