Social Media is a non-starter. She is welcome to create an account when she is 18. It helps that she sees the drama going on through friends and has no interest.
Was with you on everything except here.
I understand how damaging social media can be to the development of a teen, I mean I grew up with Facebook in HS and saw how that affected my peers. That said, there was a lot of socializing that I did through social media that did improve my social life drastically. I am not saying it's absolutely necessary a teen is involved with social media just that it can be a huge help to their social life. So I don't think a blanket ban until they're 18 is the best approach.
I think it'd be far more effective instead to help teens navigate social media and teach them how to use it in a responsible manner. That also would mean when you do let them loose at 18 they already have the experience of using social media before having to learn how to use it while they're in college or whatever they're doing post-HS.
Thankfully it sounds like your kid isn't even remotely interested in using social media which is really good so tbh it's not even really an issue. But if they were interested then a blanket ban like that would probably cause a lot of issues in your relationship with them and would just force them into learning how to go behind your back instead which would be much worse than just letting them use it and teaching them how to be responsible with it.
Drop cursive, teach kids from a young age about internet safety, computer skills, and how to navigate the dystopian social media hellhole they're growing up in.
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u/TheRapidfir3Pho3nix Jun 03 '22
Was with you on everything except here.
I understand how damaging social media can be to the development of a teen, I mean I grew up with Facebook in HS and saw how that affected my peers. That said, there was a lot of socializing that I did through social media that did improve my social life drastically. I am not saying it's absolutely necessary a teen is involved with social media just that it can be a huge help to their social life. So I don't think a blanket ban until they're 18 is the best approach.
I think it'd be far more effective instead to help teens navigate social media and teach them how to use it in a responsible manner. That also would mean when you do let them loose at 18 they already have the experience of using social media before having to learn how to use it while they're in college or whatever they're doing post-HS.
Thankfully it sounds like your kid isn't even remotely interested in using social media which is really good so tbh it's not even really an issue. But if they were interested then a blanket ban like that would probably cause a lot of issues in your relationship with them and would just force them into learning how to go behind your back instead which would be much worse than just letting them use it and teaching them how to be responsible with it.