As a college student, my parenting skills are non-existent, and I couldn’t possibly understand all the fine skills of parenting. However, I do have the view of now a former teenager on how some parenting styles might affect the children.
I’ve recently noticed how many of my social media habits were created at a young age and now my phone is a part of my being. I spend a lot of time on social media every day and {I’ve found it to be very hard to get out of this habit.
In parenting the line between what is too much and what isn’t is hazy. If parents care “too” much it can backfire as rebelling. If parents let the kids figure it out on their own it can also backfire as too much freedom. Studies have found that social media and especially social media addiction can have various downsides for current safety in ways like inappropriate sites, scamming and harmful people. It can also lead to bad habits, like social media addiction, which can affect future success. The constant distractions phone and social media usage causes are almost too many to fully control. It is also impractical to try and fully prevent smartphone and social media usage.
Like many problems, the most effective strategy would be to preemptively prevent problems from arising. Monitoring can be effective, and it is up to the parents to decide what is necessary. But what if at an early age, children were educated more efficiently on rightful internet usage. Many kids learn social media from their brothers, sisters, and peers. Which often isn’t the best possible source. When buying the first smartphone parents could right away educate children on how to use social media and even give suggestions to which social media sites are good. It is sometimes hard to remember that not everything about social media is bad.
Another study, found here (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886917302891), Correlates certain personality traits, mainly: extraversion, Neuroticism, and fear of missing out, as a possible threat for increased social media usage. And this is where I encourage every parent to really step in. If there are any personality traits in your children that could correlate with a higher chance of increased social media usage. Acting early and educating children instead of waiting and monitoring them could be way more useful and help create increased trust between the parent and the child children by not having the need to monitor every action they take.
I hope this can help everyone see another, younger perspective to a very small and new area of parenting.
I’ve recently noticed how many of my social media habits were created at a young age and now my phone is a part of my being. I spend a lot of time on social media every day and {I’ve found it to be very hard to get out of this habit.
In parenting the line between what is too much and what isn’t is hazy. If parents care “too” much it can backfire as rebelling. If parents let the kids figure it out on their own it can also backfire as too much freedom. Studies have found that social media and especially social media addiction can have various downsides for current safety in ways like inappropriate sites, scamming and harmful people. It can also lead to bad habits, like social media addiction, which can affect future success. The constant distractions phone and social media usage causes are almost too many to fully control. It is also impractical to try and fully prevent smartphone and social media usage.
Like many problems, the most effective strategy would be to preemptively prevent problems from arising. Monitoring can be effective, and it is up to the parents to decide what is necessary. But what if at an early age, children were educated more efficiently on rightful internet usage. Many kids learn social media from their brothers, sisters, and peers. Which often isn’t the best possible source. When buying the first smartphone parents could right away educate children on how to use social media and even give suggestions to which social media sites are good. It is sometimes hard to remember that not everything about social media is bad.
Another study, found here (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886917302891), Correlates certain personality traits, mainly: extraversion, Neuroticism, and fear of missing out, as a possible threat for increased social media usage. And this is where I encourage every parent to really step in. If there are any personality traits in your children that could correlate with a higher chance of increased social media usage. Acting early and educating children instead of waiting and monitoring them could be way more useful and help create increased trust between the parent and the child children by not having the need to monitor every action they take.
I hope this can help everyone see another, younger perspective to a very small and new area of parenting.