Social Media is bad for girls, and it doesn’t seem to be good for anyone. There are adults who can handle it, restricting what they read and say, but on the whole, it doesn’t seem to help.
Celebrities seem to feel that it builds their brand, and it certainly does for some. Many people in the public eye seem to just shoot themselves in the foot eventually.
It doesn’t seem to be just social media that is damaging young people. Climate change, racism, sexism and other ongoing issues give young people the idea that they don’t have a chance to live a good life, so they shouldn’t bother even trying. With technology and our general prosperity, we could be living in the best age ever, but we keep sabotaging ourselves.
I continually reminded my students that social media isn’t social. Most of them knew what I meant.
We shouldn’t let a vocal and aggressive small minority of activists dictate public policy. At it’s peak, only 7% of Germans were in the Nazi Party.
