Saturday, May 27, 2017

Is it neglectful for parents to let kids go online unsupervised?

My parents never allowed me to be on any type of social media until I was 13 and they still check up on my activities once in a while. Back in 5th grade, I kept asking over and over again for a Facebook. The "but everyone has it except me!" conversation was a big thing. I'm 15 now and I see younger and younger kids on Instagram or Snapchat as time flies by. My mom mentioned to me once back when I was a tween that those parents were "neglectful" because they were even allowing toddlers to play games on mini iPads unsupervised. Also how that some games have hackers who might be spying on vulnerable kids and some games allow people to interact with them. I know a 10 year old girl from my old school who has her own personal laptop in her room along with Facebook, Instagram, the games she plays, etc.

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