Opinions please " The Dark side of Social media"....

[clarice]

Just got through reading a disturbing piece in Time Magazine about the above topic.
I know that cyber-bullying is a real thing, but I had know idea as to to
depth and cruelty that children are subject to through these internet sites.
Now, realizing that the article was written from a negative perspective,
my question is this.

Is social media a good ? bad ? depends? thing for young people (let's say 8-16)
to engage in?

[get the red out]

1. I don't have kids so

my only perspective is how I think it would have affected a bullied child like I was in school. I think I very well could have committed suicide over it. I believe though that my close friends and I would probably have created aliases and only friended each other, had secret email accounts because we became well-educated in watching our backs. But you know your phone number would get out and harassing texts would ensue.

I can't imagine how awful it would be to not even have the refuge of home. To have to constantly change your cell number, email, try to hide 24/7 instead of just at school. It would be simply terrorism by the bullies.

I don't think it's worth it for kids who are bullied. I think that social media can only increase the attacks.

[clarice]

2. Red out....yeah, that's kinda the way I'm leaning too. Peace nt

[clarice]

3. BTW....YES....domestic terrorism for sure. nt

[Brickbat]

4. Like any tool, it depends.

And like any trend piece, I think what you read is probably fairly two-dimensional.

[clarice]

5. I agree...I accepted that fact when reading...but STILL *shudder* nt