Actually half those students went to my school and he did get his ass beat but then his mom was like just don't do it again. And the blonde ( Gia) she's a complete bitch and needs to grow up zack is probably the worst out of all of them he does cocaine and sleeps with many girls but on this he seemed perfect (he got a hair cut and looks better) Emmy is really nice idrk her Simone is hilarious like a class clown
I'm a teenager, and I see these reactions and actions everywhere! Many say teenagers don't always need smartphones; Most schools focus all education around technology, all our lessons are on online. Also many resources for media is all on social networking. It's very hard as a teenager to go without Internet access in a small mobile device these days. But I agree 100% about the danger, I turn off all locations on any app on my phone, I post photos that I know have no clues that can target my location at any time. Kids need to get on private accounts and gain the knowledge of how to radar dangerous accounts. Place children in a good school too, I go to a fine arts academy, and I'm constantly surrounded with well rounded people who are supportive. I very rarely I counter huge social media bullying between students! :) any way, hope y'all have a good new year! 💜💕 this is an amazing documentary!
My daughter doesn't have a phone and she's 15. She will make 16 in 8 months. She is happier and well adjusted and on the honor roll and in Honors classes. She is also not "confused" about who she is. Thank goodness.
Hey parents: I know this might shock you, but you don't have to give your child a smartphone! AND you can limit the amount of time they spend online each day. AND you can supervise their internet use when they *are* online. Radical, I know.
+Jane Doh im 14 and one way or another i get back onto social media whether my mom has my phone or not, so taking away a child's phone is just going to lead them to sneakiness and even though they get into more trouble, a kid my age will do whatever it takes to post a picture on Instagram or to check kik and snapchat. so it dosnt matter whether the kid has the phone or not.
Cellar Door - Let the children decide for themselves? Children are not psychologically mature enough to make their own decisions. It is scientifically proven that parts of the brain, particularly the areas involved with judgment and decision making, do not fully mature until a person's twenties. That's why they need their parents guidance in the first place. What you're describing is the approach you use with adults, not children who are not yet capable of sound reasoning.
LL D Lol, this comes from adults, the same people trying to study children as if they don't know what the adults are doing. I can't make my own decisions, I'm to stupid. I'm not mature enough, studies said so. Bye! Gonna stop going on RU-vid now because I am. to capable to comprehend basic information according to a study.
As a 16 year old, I find this very idiotic. The market for this documentary is clearly for grown adults as well as the elderly. Things like this make it seem like the 'social media craze' is bad. I use RU-vid/Twitter as my social media outlets. On both of these I'm not following any of my friends and none of them know my handle because I simply use Twitter to see WWE, Smash Bros, Tv Shows, etc. I follow that stuff because I'm interested in it. These sociologists and psychologists are stepping into unknown waters. They have NO idea about 4chan, Newgrounds, Reddit, or even the whole RU-vid drama with Leafy, Keem, H3H3, etc etc etc. I'm not going to say kids aren't addicted, especially because an app like Snapchat made by a dumbass kid who made it for sending nudes, it obviously isn't gonna boost self-esteem, I digress, Snapchat makes you focus on EVERYONE'S life besides your own. I get the negativity of that. Doesn't mean Facebook is bad though. These kids are simply results of bad parenting. Simple as that. Last thing I wanna add is the last generation isn't so perfect either. You sat around on the life the baby boomers gave you and now make irrational allegations towards my generation saying we're "lazy." While saying that, you remember sitting there all night on your Nintendo/Sega, and now as parents just throw tablets at your kids and tell them to shut up. Don't lecture me about laziness. So until you people realize some of us are just using social media as a pastime and we look at memes, maybe you wouldn't't seem ignorant
i think this was ment as a message, for us to just always be aware and tips on how. I liked it, helped me see how i can improve quality of one of my daughters lives just by being able to learn how to monitor her activities now im more aware of the stresses it brought her and i can change those things. so... Yup. if the video didnt help you, maby it does help others.
At thirteen shit like this did not happen in my school. At thirteen everyone was terrified of everything bad and the worst things anyone did was throw rocks at Windows and slightly make fun of other people online and behind their back. By 8th grade people started to drink and bully others online there were a few fights and maybe a nude here and there by 9th grade everyone was full on weed beer sex everything. No pills or anything like that. By that time I was in 9th grade I learned to extract myself from the shitty social ecosystem of my school and do my own thing but most others aren't as smart.
Social media has changed a lot in this day and I’m thirteen, haven’t experienced any of this yet, I never let random people follow me and only follow people I trust
We did not have to worry about social media back when I was 13. However, bullying definitely existed. The exploitation of people existed. The addiction to cellphones now days is insane even for adults. This is toxicity that the world keeps killing us with.
The attachment to social media and smartphones is really sad. I am 20, and I left my phone at home one day last week, and it was really liberating. When I was 13, the only social media I had was Facebook. Most of my posts then were results to personality quizzes and goofy pictures from musical rehearsals. Also, I didn't have a smartphone until I was about 16 so I could only see Facebook at home when my mom wasn't using the computer for her Graduate Studies. I don't have children now, but when I do, I will make sure to limit their screen time as my parents did for me because I know they did it for my best interests and it was really helpful in forming better personable relationships and social skills need for job and college interviews.
Is it too much to ask that something like this be screened mandatory in schools? My 13yo had an identical breakdown when phoneless for 1 night ..THIS IS A PROBLEM. Yes I do take responsibility but she lives with her mom and it's bigger than many parents can handle...
When I was 13 I got cyberbullied a lot by people I didn't even know; I eventually stood up for myself and just got off the chat room that I was being bullied on called xat; I haven't been bullied ever since. I'm 21 now and I'm so glad the bullying stopped 😊 Edit: I've only had one of my phones taken away once; I've had several hand-me-down phones cuz it took me a while to get my own phone. And I don't go on Facebook that much; I usually go on it sometimes to look at posts but I rarely post on there tbh
still undecided if I will allow my 12 yr old son get on Facebook and the other social media sites. I'm not a super strict parent, he has his own phone, he can call, text and play games with his friends but I don't think the drama is healthy.
+A. Ross No matter what you do or say, he's gonna get around it. Kids will get social media. It's not some big emergency like this segment is portraying, either. Give your kid some privacy online and he'll be much likelier to trust you in person.
No matter what you do, if he's determined to do something on the internet, he will find a way to do it, whether or not he has to be honest. It's better to sit him down and have an intelligent conversation with him, telling him how you feel and what you're worried about. Say that you know you can't stop him if he really wants to, but you want there to always be honesty between you, and you want him to be safe and use good judgement. It's best to have trust and honesty between you two. If you say no, he's going to feel like you're trying to control him, and he won't trust you. He might start an account anyways, meaning that you can't trust him, and if someone is bullying him or making him uncomfortable, he's less likely to ask you for help because he might get in trouble. If you two have a healthy relationship and you are able to have intelligent conversations about the social media and the internet, social media could be a fun way for him to express himself and feel connected to other people.
Sensationalism CNN style at its usual. The claim it is a fist of its kind study is as false as a three dollar bill. And they know it: Danah Boyd really serious four year study funded by Microsoft research is first book on the bibliography of the paper written by their experts (one of whom has never before published about the online world). Furthermore, it ignores decades of work of Sheryl Turkle, who published two well known books on the subject, last of which focus a whole lot on teenagers. And also forgets to acknowledge a variety Pew Internet Research studies which are also on the studies' bibliography. First of its kind, no kidding? Then the studies fails to ask a fundamental question: how different is it from before social media? Was bullying invented by social media? How did social interplay, or the being popular conundrum, played out 30 years ago? Are the really troublesome events depicted statistically relevant? Those are not mentioned for a simple fact: it would decrease the media value of the documentary. It needs to be urgent, problematic and catastrophic to get nice ratings, doesn't it CNN? Doesn't it Anderson Cooper? More problematic though, what is the role of social media on teen's life is never considered without negative bias. As Danah Boyd brilliantly defends on her It's Complicated: the Social Life of the Networked Teen. Social media has become their de facto public space because we, parents, have enclosed them in their rooms, making a simple outing to the streets a challenge, a no go alone space. Then CNN would never talk about this aspect, because media is largely to blame. Professor Richard Grusin makes this quite clear in his last book: Premediation: Affect and Mediality after 9/11. Due to the constant exaggerations of media on the factual dangers of modern society we all live in fear, constant fear.
The adults and scripts that the kids read in the video act like most social media are derogatory cyber-bullying schemes, when in reality most teens are chill and just want to relax. If you received a direct message from a salty and toxic 11-year old xbox live kid, you would just block that kid and laugh at their immaturity. This video makes a scene out of toxic tweets and posts when, in reality, they're not very hurtful and just annoying.
The point is that these scripts and posts are being sent to 13 year Olds. So adults might be able to laugh it off but for them it is real, hurtful and pretty scary.
I see this everywhere in my school! I was think about making more social media accounts besides my facebook i barely use because kids were calling me untrendy and grandma, but seeing all the negative consequences i was aware of even before this video with my peers always destroys that consideration i have. There was this one post i saw directed towards my friend telling her to burn in hell, commit suicide, and a bunch more, and she started cutting up her arms and legs so much she had to go to the hospital. Kids my age take online posts EXTREMELY seriously!!!!!
i honestly believe that younger adolescents do not have a full understanding on how things make people feel. It takes 2 seconds to say a mean post. And i feel that these children do not understand the impact
this might be surprising for some people but I'm 13 and I maybe check my social media 5 or less times a day just to like or comment or post something... we arnt even allowed to have our phones out in school either what idiot thought that was a good idea. anyways ya, I only listen to music an text people on my phone some people be cray
Exactly! This show also only looked into kids who use social media, which isn't an accurate representation! Most of my friends don't even have social media. I have Instagram and that's it. I check it maybe once or twice a week because I'm seriously that lazy. My parents have no restrictions on my phone, but I don't do anything bad, and if they told me I shouldn't do something, I wouldn't do it, because we have intelligent conversations!
teach kids that predators are the ones in the wrong and that it is not up to the kids to "guard themselves." Predators are the bad ones, teach predators to stay away from kid's social media.
I love the Internet - and am an online gamer. I am happy though I know to not live my life online perpetually. It must be harder to grow up drowning in this.
Thank God I grew up in the 70 s and 80 s, all that running around and being active , there was always sooo much fun, jumping on trampoline with water when hot, bike riding , growing up on acreage , tennis court, lots of toys, lots of school friends and neighbours kids would come over. I WOULD ABSOLUTELY HATE to be a kid today. Those days were the best days of my life. I ABSOLUTELY HATE the way the young speak, all that BS LIKE talk, ridiculous.
definitely thinking the same thing for my growing up generation too....poor kids today....so much more stress it seems to just be a kid...enjoy life...have fun... run/romp/rip like my Mom would say!
Well, kids would probably still be that way, at least to some extent, but because of the way we confine kids to their rooms... Everything is dangerous, no playing in the woods, no walking to the store without a buddy, this trampoline doesn't have a safety net around it. Don't ride your bike, someone might try to grab you. The fear of your kid getting kidnapped especially affects parents of girls. My mother told me she'd let me walk to school if I was a boy, because boys don't get raped as much. I'm not saying there's any correlation, but I know that girls in general spend more time on social media than boys. I'm not trying to say that that's the whole reason for social media overuse, but in this day and age, it's a lot harder to "romp" and "just have fun outside" these days.
I'm not very surprised in this behavior. When I was in middle school, I think MySpace was the only real form of social media around, and even then, it didn't seem very necessary to my classmates. I didn't even have one. Zack does have a point; These are 13 year olds whose entire lives are based around the school system and the peers within it. They would do nasty things regardless of a digital world. The only problem now is that the internet is a "wild west" of sorts. I personally do not connect to this world because I'm selective of who my friends online are. I can understand it though, because I was once a teenager that yearned for the adoration and respect of my peers. I'm most surprised by the methods teenagers consider to be "vengeful." The "sins of omission" seems like an odd way to be offended by something. CNN, I think, helps blow some of these out of proportion by choosing the more vocal vlogs out of context, especially when it comes to hyperboles the kids say. I'm glad that they mentioned the positive uses of social media, but unfortunately, its only a footnote. There are a wide array of ways that these sites can be used to improve our relationships with others through support and connectivity. Its a glimmer, but its a hopeful one at least. #DDWSU
But let's be honest, 13 was not a good year lol. I bet once they start going through high school and mature they'll be a lot different and realize what actually matters in life.
Hmmm...I noticed that the obvious was not even a part of the discussion. Why are these parents so foolish to give smartphones to their children? How dumb! Wanna give your kids a gun too? Kids don't usually heed the warnings. Just raising up a generation of people who won't know what to do with themselves in the REAL world!
Whatttttt. This is why I'm private and only let my friends follow me, or those I know. I don't tag location pin points. And I don't share my info publicly
Any parents out there with kids in their teens during the height of My Space era shouldn't be surprised in the least about this, I know Im not. And to think, this problem is only going to get worse as time goes on
at my school social media caused so much to happen I. less than 2 weeks because of social media 3 fights in 6th grade 1 in 7th and 4 in 8th all because of social media we had to watch this at school and fights are still happening
Here is the deal yes you do need to supervise because in a child's eyes there isn't an online and in life world. They are one in the same. My 14 year old has a parental monitoring app on her phone she knows its there. It has a web filter, text monitoring alerts drive safe mode call blocking and more. I use these to the digression of my child. Thinking that they don't need to be monitored is no different than turning them loose in a prison mixed with murderers and good people all wearing the same thing....WE must teach them how to know what to look for! Wake up parents not allowing your kids technology makes them just as venerable, so now is the time to teach them. My daughter now asks me before loading apps to her phone, she doesn't have FB on her phone, she doesn't have instagram, kik, messenger, whats app, twitter, simply because there's enough pressure on them, why do we as parents allow more ways for our children to be socially inapt? Look around ..... how much time do you as parents spend on your phone, on your FB, and other social media accounts? Remember....your the primary example, put it down, sit at the dinner table with no phones no electronics, and TALK to your kids!
+Amanda Bowen I'm telling you this right now, straight up, as the child of a helicopter parent: your daughter has found a way around this app. Did you know all she has to do is delete it and re-download it? Or install another one to negate its effects? Over-supervising your kids isn't the answer to the problem social media creates.
Hey callie....i have the phone each night....and speak withthe ceos of the comp on a regular basis. ....im telling you straight up....ive got it covered.
another deal Cali you can put in your $0.02 when you've had a kid bullied so bad that they consider contemplated or even tried to commite suicide until then it's not over supervision its being a good parent....
This is why I have no accounts on anything that could be considered more "social media" than RU-vid comments. I don't want someone to do this to me, and I certainly don't want to do it myself on impulse.
Buenos días, necesito este vídeo pero en español o al menos subtitulado, para trabajarlo junto con los alumnos del colegio donde soy psicólogo, gracias..
They act as if this stuff is new...remember LiveJournal in my opinion one of the most detrimental things on the internet young kids pouring out their every emotion, and personal things under the premise of an "online journal" just walls lf text not just one liners of incriminating things lifke abuse in the home, self abuse, sexual activities. The only thing back in those days anonymity was the majority, but not all and those journals are still there to this day.
Instead of becoming the best in math and science like children in Singapore are doing..these kids enjoy wasting their time in stupid things..this is the future of America..
Hahahahahha. I'm 13 too, and god. Do these kids not know anything about other people? You know, people that care about them? Why do you care so much? there's people all over the world that don't have food, and you cry about your phone? God this world is messed up
When i was 13, my mom threw my ass outside to play. if it was raining, i found something else to do. i didnt even get a cell phone until i was 16 and it was a Nokia. if i have a kid, i will give them a cellphone until they show me their mentally mature to have one. if they break it or lose it, i will not buy them a new one because phones are expensive.
Kita Meguire its different for me before i moved to the states i was never inside where i was everybody was knocin on my door to see if i wanted to come out and play nowadays shits different for me
