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Reasons for negative effects of media on teens
Many teens usually spend sleepless nights on social media without the knowledge of their parents.
Insomnia, mood swings, attention deficits at school, and increased obesity are some of the serious
[5] negative effects of social media on teenagers and issues that are arising with kids often addicted to social
networks. With such overwhelming evidence of the negative effects of social media on our children, why
then are many parents not taking more action to protect their children?
There perhaps are three major reasons:
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I) Parents are unaware of the issues involved ∈ the online connections. While kids are plugged ∈ to social
media, only about 40% of parents are involved themselves. Parents may not be aware of their children‘s
"pages" and don‘t fully understand privacy policies, and they don‘t realize what kinds of public posting are
taking place, involving their children.
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II) Parents don‘t want to interfere ∈ their children‘s social lives. Parents want to allow their children to be
as connected as the other kids they associate with, and so they tell themselves that everything is OK.
III) Parents are afraid to take a stand. They don‘t want to push their teens away, and so they allow their
[20] participation ∈ social media to go unchecked rather than make a "big deal" out of it.
The problems this new online society creates are not going away and will continue to grow. Parents must
get off the sidelines and get involved! Be aware of who can see what they post and what is being posted
about them. Talk with them about online safety.
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Fonte: Disponível em High Up: ensino médio / Reinildes Dias, Leina Jucá, Raquel Faria / Macmillan
Glossário:
Issues: problemas, questões
Arising: surgindo
Addicted: viciadas
Overwhelming: avassaladoras
Unaware: inconscientes
Privacy policies: políticas de privacidade
Allow: permitir
Take a stand: tomar uma posição
Push away: afastar
O pronome "themselves" (linha 12) refere-se a:
