PRESENTATION ON -:

SHOULD PARENTS MONITER THEIR

CHILDREN’S SOCIAL MEDIA?
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PRESENTED BY –

NAME - KUMAR

ROLL NO. – 181

CE – 31
 INTRODUCTION -:
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WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA?

Social networking is now one of the most popular applications on the internet, providing a virtual platform for
millions of people across the globe to effortlessly share information and communicate with friends and family,
irrespective of time or location.

The phenomenal rise of services such as Facebook has been a crucial driver of growth in the internet industry,
bringing new populations who may previously have been excluded into the online world. Online social interaction
is ideally suited to many populations with special needs, enabling them to participate more fully in a virtual
environment than they might in the offline world.
 TOP SOCIAL MEDIA APP -:
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FACEBBOK 2.8 billion Monthly active users YOUTUBE 2 billion monthly active users

1.84 billion daily active users 3 billion monthly unique visitors

INSTAGRAM 1 Billion monthly active users WHATSAPP 2 Billion monthly active users

500 million daily story users Had 1 billion DAU when had 1.3 billion

SNAPCHAT 433 million monthly active users TWITTER 330 Million monthly active users

265 million daily active users 192 million monetizable daily active users

TINDER OMEGEL DISCORD PINTEREST

 SOCIAL MEDIA USED BY CHILDREN & TEENS

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 Surveys show that ninety percent of teens ages 13-17 have used social media. Seventy five percent
report having at least one active social media profile, and 51% report visiting a social media site at
least daily. Two thirds of teens have their own mobile devices with internet capabilities. On average,
teens are online almost nine hours a day, not including time for homework.

 Acc. To other survey Teens spend an average of seven hours and 22 minutes on their phones a day,
and teens -- ages 8 to 12 -- are not far behind, at four hours and 44 minutes daily, according to a new
report by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that promotes safe technology and media for children.

 This amount of screen time does not included time spent on schoolwork, according to the report.
When figuring in activities such as reading books and listening to music, the numbers jumped to nine
hours and 49 minutes for teens and five hours and 54 minutes for teens.

 The majority of young people seem to be getting smartphones much earlier as well. By age 11, 53% of
kids have their own smartphone, and by age 12, 69% of them do -- an increase from 41% in 2015.

 88% teens 13-17 have access to a smartphone • Texting a primary mode of communication • 92% of
teens report going online daily — including 24% who say they go online “almost constantly
 Ethical Dilemma of should parents monitor their children social activities
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 Parents are facing an immense ethical dilemma in the Digital Age. Should they monitor their kid’s
Internet usage? There has been an unprecedented rise in internet use among teens. At least 75
percent of teens age 13 to 17 have at least one social media account

 It seems obvious to many that parents should monitor and restrict their children’s Internet and social
media usage. Many resources online help parents to find tools to help them do this.

 Everyone understands a parent’s struggle to ensure that their kids are using the Internet safely and
responsibly. But not everyone agrees that snooping and spying on kids is the way to do it.
 Why social media should be monitored?
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• Teens spend on average about eight hours per day online. The implications of their activities for their health
and well-being are significant. Excessive use of social media can have addictive effects. The more you use
it, the more you want to use it. Teens get used to chatting with friends, exchanging text messages, and
posting comments. The posting of pictures online should be monitored to control for sexting and other
explicit sexual behaviors. Words and behaviors online that evoke harsh responses or unflattering images
can damage self-esteem.

 Another reason to monitor your teens’ online activities is to teach

them about cyberbullying online. Cyberbullying manifests itself in
name-calling or insults, spreading gossip and rumors, and
circulating unflattering picture.
 Why social media should not be monitored?

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 The main reasons for not monitoring your teens social media activities are privacy and trust. Kids don’t want
their parents looking through personal information, texts, and social media posts. Many kids consider their
smartphones sacred property not to be viewed by their parents. They may lose trust in their parents if social
media activities are monitored or taken away. To counteract these concerns, it’s important to explain why
their behavior is being monitored and the possible dangerous effects of relationships/communications
online.

 Right to Privacy

Returning to the original question: Should parents monitor your teens online activities?

The benefits of doing so and protecting your kids against harmful behaviors outweighs the costs:
privacy and trust. Ask yourself: How would you feel if you didn’t monitor those activities and your
teen became the target of a predator or was cyberbullied?
 the following suggestions depending on your child's age and maturity and some arrangement can de made
between parents and children which works for both of the them :
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 Friending or following your child's social media accounts with an agreement about whether you will or won't
post or respond to their posts

 "No screen" times such as "no screens at the dinner table," "no screens in bedrooms" after a certain time of
day, or "no social media use until homework is done"

 Ensuring that privacy settings are turned on to limit access to personal information

 Instructing teens not to share full names, addresses, telephone numbers, social security numbers, passwords,
and bank or credit card numbers
 having location enabled services turned "off"
 Exploring apps which limit internet access to age appropriate sites.

CONCLUSION : In conclusion, I think according to me today’s kids are better versed in the technology world as
a digital native, and could easily trick their parents if they wanted. So instead of snooping, parents should “discuss
boundaries and appropriate online behavior with their children and "parent around the device. And sometimes kids
should have some room to “make their own mistakes.” because these mistake help them to learn hard life lesson.
So instead of spying and snooping on your children’s internet use you should just develop an arrangement which
gives both children their privacy and parent’s their mointoring over social media.
• REFERENCES:
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Who Cares?:Practical Ethics and the Problem of Underage Users On Social Networking Sites by - Brian
O'Neill, Technological University Dublin

• Parental-monitoring by- Cinnamon Johnson, Ethicsandict

• Should Parents Monitor Teens’ Social Media Activities, by Steven Mintz, aka Ethics Sage, on February 19,
2019.

• Should Parents Monitor Their Children’s Social Media?, LAUREN MAY, July 29, 2017

• Social Media and Teens ,2021 by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

• Parents, Teens and Digital Monitoring, January 7, 2016, by Monica Anderson