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    Social Media and Parenting

    I was discussing the impact of social media on parenting in my addiction counselling class last night and thought it might be a good topic to bring to the bar.

    Much has been made on the importance of parenting in our society. It is very important when it comes to additions, substance based and otherwise. studies are pretty conclusive that a parent committed to being involved with their child as they mature can reduce the chance that child will develop addictive behaviors.

    I posed the question "What will the impact of social media be on the percentage of young adults becoming addicts now that social media has somewhat supplemented or even replaced some of the hands on parenting which used to occur?

    My hypothesis is that there will be an explosion in the Numbers of adults with additions due to the decrease of active parenting brought on by the invent of social media.

    What doth the Bar say?
    If I whisper my wicked marching orders into the ether with no regard to where or how they may bear fruit, I am blameless should a broken spirit carry those orders out upon the innocent, for it was not my hand that took the action merely my lips which let slip their darkest wish. ~Daniel Devereaux 2011

    Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
    Martin Luther King, Jr.
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    I'm more concerned about the absolute lack of socialization I see in kids as they stare into their devices
    "You know what's wrong with America? If I lovingly tongue a woman's nipple in a movie, it gets an "NC-17" rating, if I chop it off with a machete, it's an "R". That's what's wrong with America, man...."--Dennis Hopper

    "One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real." -- Klaus Kinski

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Fresno Bob View Post
      I'm more concerned about the absolute lack of socialization I see in kids as they stare into their devices
      Sorry, what did you say? I was busy reading an email on my phone.

      Agree on both counts. It is a sad situation.

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      • #4
        the explosion in addiction is their addiction to their electronic devices. (he says, as he types this into his laptop...) personally i'm not convinced it will have much of an impact on addictions of other sorts.
        "Instead of all of this energy and effort directed at the war to end drugs, how about a little attention to drugs which will end war?" Albert Hofmann

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        • #5
          http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle...226611561.html

          The Internet messages were so vicious that they pushed 16-year-old Ivy Griffiths into therapy for depression.

          “Go cut yourself until you bleed to death,” a Champlin Park High School classmate wrote to Ivy online. “You’re a whore, a stupid bitch, a horrible person,” wrote another.

          “You deserve to die,” wrote yet another.
          This cuts a little close to home. The linked article is about my daughter. While you're talking more about addiction then cyber-bullying, I think there is, and will be, a greater correlation to these two things.

          Cyber-bullying and social media opens up a whole crap load of stuff for teens that don't have the experience, knowledge or coping skills to deal with everything that social media throws at them. This has changed so much in 10 years...parenting today because of social media is harder than at anytime, as you don't know where the information is coming from as you could in past generations.

          Depression, suicide anxiety...all of these are on the rise in youth and social media plays a very large part in that.
          "Looks like I picked a bad day to give up sniffing glue.
          - Steven McCrosky (Lloyd Bridges) in Airplane

          i have epiphanies like that all the time. for example i was watching a basketball game today and realized pom poms are like a pair of tits. there's 2 of them. they're round. they shake. women play with them. thus instead of having two, cheerleaders have four boobs.
          - nullnor, speaking on immigration law in AZ.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by In the Corn View Post
            http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle...226611561.html



            This cuts a little close to home. The linked article is about my daughter. While you're talking more about addiction then cyber-bullying, I think there is, and will be, a greater correlation to these two things.

            Cyber-bullying and social media opens up a whole crap load of stuff for teens that don't have the experience, knowledge or coping skills to deal with everything that social media throws at them. This has changed so much in 10 years...parenting today because of social media is harder than at anytime, as you don't know where the information is coming from as you could in past generations.

            Depression, suicide anxiety...all of these are on the rise in youth and social media plays a very large part in that.
            what do the kids parents do when you call them on their kids behavior towards your daughter? In our house we've decided that our family motto is "Some people are assholes".
            "You know what's wrong with America? If I lovingly tongue a woman's nipple in a movie, it gets an "NC-17" rating, if I chop it off with a machete, it's an "R". That's what's wrong with America, man...."--Dennis Hopper

            "One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real." -- Klaus Kinski

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            • #7
              The Sports Bar is officially getting old

              It can only really be called an addiction if you perceive it as causing serious problems in your life.

              I think there are serious problems with social media, especially with kids ... cyber bullying and the like. But addiction? I think using that word is a load of crap for the most part. If that were the case, I've been at various times in my life a music addict or a TV addict or a computer addict or whatever. In the 60's it was not letting kids watch too much TV. In the 80's I'm sure there were debates about not letting kids have their own phone line. Whatever the latest trend is, there will always be people bemoaning difference as being a severe social problem or an addiction. I click on this website 4 or 5 times per day, a lot more if we're doing a draft. Have I got a serious RJ addiction? Should I consult a specialist?

              Meh ... so kids are more likely to be snapchatting their friends on some mobile device rather than stuck in front of the TV watching some crappy TV like we did. So what.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by johnnya24 View Post
                The Sports Bar is officially getting old

                It can only really be called an addiction if you perceive it as causing serious problems in your life.

                I think there are serious problems with social media, especially with kids ... cyber bullying and the like. But addiction? I think using that word is a load of crap for the most part. If that were the case, I've been at various times in my life a music addict or a TV addict or a computer addict or whatever. In the 60's it was not letting kids watch too much TV. In the 80's I'm sure there were debates about not letting kids have their own phone line. Whatever the latest trend is, there will always be people bemoaning difference as being a severe social problem or an addiction. I click on this website 4 or 5 times per day, a lot more if we're doing a draft. Have I got a serious RJ addiction? Should I consult a specialist?

                Meh ... so kids are more likely to be snapchatting their friends on some mobile device rather than stuck in front of the TV watching some crappy TV like we did. So what.

                Maybe I didn't make myself clear. There is quite a bit of data that confirms addictions, I'm talking drugs and alcohol and gambling, are more prevalent in people who lacked an active adult(s), parent(s) or otherwise, in their life.

                I believe today's adults, parents, use social media and the internet to "parent" for them moreso than before the invent of these platforms, thus leading to a greater disconnect with the youth in question and therefore creating an environment where it's easier for addictions to take hold of said youth.

                BTW sorry to hear about your daughter and what she's been forced to go through I hope she's ok or at least gets better soon.
                If I whisper my wicked marching orders into the ether with no regard to where or how they may bear fruit, I am blameless should a broken spirit carry those orders out upon the innocent, for it was not my hand that took the action merely my lips which let slip their darkest wish. ~Daniel Devereaux 2011

                Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
                Martin Luther King, Jr.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by GwynnInTheHall View Post
                  Maybe I didn't make myself clear. There is quite a bit of data that confirms addictions, I'm talking drugs and alcohol and gambling, are more prevalent in people who lacked an active adult(s), parent(s) or otherwise, in their life.

                  I believe today's adults, parents, use social media and the internet to "parent" for them moreso than before the invent of these platforms, thus leading to a greater disconnect with the youth in question and therefore creating an environment where it's easier for addictions to take hold of said youth.

                  BTW sorry to hear about your daughter and what she's been forced to go through I hope she's ok or at least gets better soon.
                  Maybe I'm misunderstanding ... so you're saying that the parents being addicted to social media leads to less attentive parenting, which in turn leads to children getting into addiction problems. And/or that social media leads to some kind of disconnect between parents and children leading to children being more susceptible to addiction later in life?

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by GwynnInTheHall View Post
                    Maybe I didn't make myself clear. There is quite a bit of data that confirms addictions, I'm talking drugs and alcohol and gambling, are more prevalent in people who lacked an active adult(s), parent(s) or otherwise, in their life.
                    i'm with you here, and agree wholeheartedly.

                    I believe today's adults, parents, use social media and the internet to "parent" for them moreso than before the invent of these platforms, thus leading to a greater disconnect with the youth in question and therefore creating an environment where it's easier for addictions to take hold of said youth.
                    this i don't agree with. i agree with johnny here - every generation has something which can drag kids away from parents. whether parents or kids are using social media or not is mostly disconnected with whether the parents are active in their kids lives or not.
                    "Instead of all of this energy and effort directed at the war to end drugs, how about a little attention to drugs which will end war?" Albert Hofmann

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by johnnya24 View Post
                      Maybe I'm misunderstanding ... so you're saying that the parents being addicted to social media leads to less attentive parenting, which in turn leads to children getting into addiction problems. And/or that social media leads to some kind of disconnect between parents and children leading to children being more susceptible to addiction later in life?
                      No.

                      I am saying that Parents are allowing their children to use social media as a babysitter or defacto parent thus not having as much face time with their kids--Kids and social media not parents. This disconnect could prove to be as affecting as if a parent was absent or inattentive. This could possibly lead to a greater chance of substance addiction.
                      If I whisper my wicked marching orders into the ether with no regard to where or how they may bear fruit, I am blameless should a broken spirit carry those orders out upon the innocent, for it was not my hand that took the action merely my lips which let slip their darkest wish. ~Daniel Devereaux 2011

                      Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
                      Martin Luther King, Jr.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by bryanbutler View Post



                        this i don't agree with. i agree with johnny here - every generation has something which can drag kids away from parents. whether parents or kids are using social media or not is mostly disconnected with whether the parents are active in their kids lives or not.
                        Though I agree on the surface, I believe otherwise connect parents can find themselves lulled into believing social media is the same as face to face time, which we have yet to find out if this is true or not.

                        Again, it's just an idea I had in class, nothing has even remotley been done on the way of a study yet.
                        If I whisper my wicked marching orders into the ether with no regard to where or how they may bear fruit, I am blameless should a broken spirit carry those orders out upon the innocent, for it was not my hand that took the action merely my lips which let slip their darkest wish. ~Daniel Devereaux 2011

                        Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
                        Martin Luther King, Jr.

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                        • #13
                          You think social media now is bigger than TV over the last 40 years for being a replacement parent? I am unconvinced.
                          In the best of times, our days are numbered, anyway. And it would be a crime against Nature for any generation to take the world crisis so solemnly that it put off enjoying those things for which we were presumably designed in the first place, and which the gravest statesmen and the hoarsest politicians hope to make available to all men in the end: I mean the opportunity to do good work, to fall in love, to enjoy friends, to sit under trees, to read, to hit a ball and bounce the baby.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by mjl View Post
                            You think social media now is bigger than TV over the last 40 years for being a replacement parent? I am unconvinced.
                            Says the google employee trying to hide their malevolent secret agenda.
                            I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert...

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                            • #15
                              hey, if there's one thing we're shit at, it's social media.
                              In the best of times, our days are numbered, anyway. And it would be a crime against Nature for any generation to take the world crisis so solemnly that it put off enjoying those things for which we were presumably designed in the first place, and which the gravest statesmen and the hoarsest politicians hope to make available to all men in the end: I mean the opportunity to do good work, to fall in love, to enjoy friends, to sit under trees, to read, to hit a ball and bounce the baby.

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