• atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    This is stupid “save the kids” grandstanding that will be thrown out of court.

    Every generation has a “this new thing that frightens and confuses old people will kill your kids!”

  • oxjox@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    Contrary to common sense, most (not all) of the studies I’ve come across indicate there is little to no impact on mental health from social media.

    Also contrary to common sense, parents apparently no longer need to parent their children.

    mental health risks are posed to teens and children by compulsive TikTok use, including depression, anxiety, sleep loss and body dysmorphia.

    This is called Life.

    Honestly, I’m more concerned with the distraction social media plays on adults. Parents should be guiding their children to know right and wrong. But, from what I’ve observed, it seems parents are too preoccupied with streaming services and social media (often simultaneously) to deal with raising their children. How the heck kids are even on social media to begin with is a concern.

    You have no right to complain or file lawsuits after you let an iPad raise your child for ten years.

    We all know that social media is designed to be addictive. People continue to use it while complaining that it’s addictive and file lawsuits so the government can tell the service to be less addictive. You know as soon as it’s made less addictive you’re going to drop it for the next addictive thing. FCK, we are a dumb species.