Pediatricians are not only looking for health issues, but also making sure that the kids are not suffering “Facebook depression”. Social Medias as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and such are part of any teen life. Now they have the access to any information, although it has its advantages, it also has its disadvantage. The Internet allows us to share too much information about ourselves, and although teens are very knowledge about social media, sometimes they left footprints that other people can use against us. Cyberbullying had developed, years ago it used to happen face-to-face, the kids had the opportunity to fight back, but now with the use of Internet people can say anything about you and spread it behind your backs. Cellphones is another new way of bullying; teens are engaging new dangerous behaviors, like sending and receiving nude photos. Doctors are observing that Internet is causing isolation, depression, aggressive, and may lead them to commit suicide.
There’s a protection act for kids called COPPA, which says
that kids under the age of thirteen need their parents ‘permission in order to
have an online account, but how safe is this? Easily kids and teen can click the
“yes” button, agreeing they are thirteen years old or older. Parents need to
keep their eyes open is easily for kids to have access to the internet with all
the new gadgets out there, not stop the kids from use technology, but just an
eye on them.
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