Question

how can parents reduce the negative effects of social media (facebook, twitter, etc.) on their children?

Answer 1

Parenting is not just a piece of cake. The child will not only be developed by his parents but also how he interacts with society, and social media as well.

Since social media is playing a big role in connecting people, it is important that parents will be able to monitor how the child is being influenced by it.

There are negative effects that the child can ever get from it, so in order to reduce them, parents must observe certain parameters to be done and implemented to keep the child from growing to a better shape.

The parents must not allow the child to create an account. If the child is stubborn, the parents can scare the child to reduce his monetary allowance if he will register to any social media site.

But since, we cannot fully control them, there are still other ways.

If the child is currently browsing the social media with his account, the parents must be able to control the accessibility of it. They must set a certain cut-off time for the internet. Once the clock hits eight in the evening, the internet router will be shut off. They just have to make sure that the router is in their (the parents) room.

The parents could also hire a professional to ban some unruly social media websites that could give negative effects to the child.

One last important thing is that the parents must be able to establish to the child that it is alright to open up everything to them. If the child becomes scared with his parents, he will not be able to open up a question about the CCTV footage of a murder that he saw in the social media. In short, the parents should make a good relationship with the child to be able to supervise them well.