Parents/Caretakers/Family Members/ this is for you:
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While social media has many benefits around connection and belonging, alarming research on the negative even fatal effects social media has on our children from the Center for Countering Digital Hate has come out via a shocking Wall Street Journal article highlighted here by writer Julie Jargon.
Algorithms on social platforms like Tic Tok are narrowing more and more each day they run, as they were designed but at what cost? How may suicides, burials and family’s lives turned upside down will push us out of our comfort zone to put an end to our children’s needless suffering?
The social media triggering within minutes a young person enters this social space has got to stop.
It begs us to ask how does this toxic and disparaging social influence effect the minds of our future generations, those who become Mothers, Fathers, CEO’s and International leaders? What world are we allowing for our grandchildren and their children? One of self hate, discord and disharmony? Let’s certainly hope not.
Bold steps are needed to prevent this not to be so, more over to prevent any more young lives from unnecessarily be taken from us prematurely.
Our children and young adults need us NOW more than ever to establish life saving boundaries between corporate bottom line agendas and the innocent lives of those we love, before it’s too late.
Please share below how has social media has affected you or your family this year.
If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org