I am so happy that my daughter, born in 1974, didn't have social media growing up. I'm afraid if I was a parent today, I would be considered a hated monster for disallowing it. Heck, I'd probably move to some anti-tech luddite commune or something to avoid the terrible influence this has on kids. Her and I have recently discussed this and she is glad she grew up in the pre-internet days too.
While typing this, I saw a Steam notification that my gamer grandson (26) was online. Being a nerd, even he avoided social media until he was 21 which was fine by me and he only did it to hang with his nerd gamer buddies.
It's too late now to put the genie back in the bottle but I wish before this whole thing took off, folks would have realized what a monster this would become and been a bit more cautious.
While typing this, I saw a Steam notification that my gamer grandson (26) was online. Being a nerd, even he avoided social media until he was 21 which was fine by me and he only did it to hang with his nerd gamer buddies.
It's too late now to put the genie back in the bottle but I wish before this whole thing took off, folks would have realized what a monster this would become and been a bit more cautious.
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.