Comment on Childhood disrupted: is the internet damaging young people’s development?
neptune@dmv.social 7 months agoI’m not comparing it to smoking.
If someone’s response to “social media is bad for kids”, then to me “I keep my kids away from it, easy peasy” is not a response that invalidates the original argument. It actually supports the idea: social media is dangerous, therefore I intervene as a parent.
Nima@leminal.space 7 months ago
I didn’t say to keep kids away from it. I said teach them how to be safe while online. The internet can be a fantastic resource for kids in most circumstances.
by your logic, walking down the street is dangerous for a child so obviously the solution is to never let them walk down the street ever. rather than walking beside them and teaching them how to be smart and avoid dangers.
the phrase “social media is bad for kids” is too broad for it to really mean anything without context anyway.
if you want to look at it that way, most things that exist are bad for kids.
neptune@dmv.social 7 months ago
Scroll up and see what Southern Samurai said
Nima@leminal.space 7 months ago
I did. I agree with them.
neptune@dmv.social 7 months ago
OK, so what does what happens in one person’s family have to do with all children?
Again you might teach your kids to walk safely on the sidewalk, but if something changes and ten of thousands of kids just start walking off the sidewalk… Wouldn’t that be an issue worth considering?