WhyDoWeCare

Social Media and Doubt: What Our Kids are Thinking? Have you ever wondered as a parent what your kids are struggling with when they are on social media?  This could be any kind of social media.  Not limited to just one app or one type.  I have often wondered what my kids are truly thinking.  They are living in a different era than I lived in.  Back in the day, we didn't have phones and electronics like we do today.  This might age me, but my first cell phone was when I graduated from high school in 2000.  I had one of those Nokia phones.  Yikes! That makes me really old.  However, maybe some of you "parents" can relate. Now that we got past these old looking phones, I want to share with you some of the information I found online that some of our kids are thinking while participating in social media.  The top answers that I found with how children think when they are on social media were: Struggling to stay afloat- Often...

What are the Positive Effects of Social Media Most of my blog posts have been about the negative effects social media has on us and our children, but today I want to talk about the positive effects social media brings.  First off, these benefits are going to be much different than the benefits we see as adults.  Adults may use social media for personal use or they could use it for professional use as well.  What about kids?  Why do they need social media? Some ideas and thoughts from professionals: Children can develop social and technical skills they need to be competent citizens in the digital age    It is easier for kids to make friends with people all over the world, most of whom they will never ever meet without these technological advances. Social media makes it far easier to connect with long lost friends and relatives, as well as new-found friends.  Social networks actually make kids more relationship-oriented, considerate...