Thornburg says, "Popular social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, and Orkut are populated by young people throughout the world. The dreams of powerful computers coupled with reliable broadband communication are becoming true for an increasing percentage of the world's children, bringing with them a natural balance for the learning spaces of campfires, watering hole, and caves, all tested and confirmed by the application of knowledge through the experience of life."
Young people are using these social media for variety of reason-sharing good articles, music and ideas. As mentioned in Beloit mindset List 2014, the facebook and similar sites are fastest means to communicate the message after text messaging. The great idea of revolution in Syria was spread through these networking sites only. This is an impressive fact that technology brought people together, and helped in information sharing, which the security apparatus failed to prevent.
But, parents have to supervise their kids all the time. So that technology is not misused. A report published in LA times(Nov 8, 2011) claims that, ’The majority of teenagers who use social networking websites say their peers are mostly kind to one another online, but 88% still say they've witnessed people being mean and cruel on such sites, according to a new study. Fifteen percent say they've been the target of bad behavior on social media sites.’ Young children, especially, face some issues related to privacy, inappropriate content and cyber bullying.
Once, I discussed these issues with my next door neighbor, Jeana, a mom of 13 years. She said that sometimes she feels helpless how to tackle these issues. She is too busy with job and other responsibilities. I have found a very useful pdf for parents: “How Does Social Networking Help Children (PDF)” Surf Net Parents.
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