Social media effect on children: Nowadays everyone has a smartphone and everyone’s attitude is towards social media. Along with adults, social media has now reached small children and teenagers as well. Parents all over the world are worried about this habit of children. Taking seriously the growing interest in children’s social media, the Seattle Public School of America, taking strict steps on this, has also filed a case on many social media platforms like Tiktok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Snap Chat. The school has said in a 91-page petition that these social media companies are making children victims to increase their watch time.
Schools say that due to these, the mental development of children and adolescents is not happening. Many studies have also been done regarding the impact of social media on the minds of children and teenagers, in which some shocking things come to the fore. Let’s know…
It affects the mind of children
Some shocking things have come to light in the recent new study. In the brain mapping of the children in the study, it was found that it is affecting the brain of the children. Neuroscientists of America’s University of North Carolina studied this and told that children who check their social media accounts repeatedly, their brain size remains small. In this study, data of 170 students from some schools in North Carolina was taken for three consecutive years. Children were divided on the basis of using popular social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat at least once a day and more than 20 times.
During this, brain mapping of these children was also done, in which different changes related to the development of their brain were seen. It was also found in the study that social media creates a desire to keep checking likes, comments, notifications and messages on its platform. Due to this, the brain of teenagers of 12 to 15 years is not able to develop well.
Which disorders can be a victim?
Some psychiatrists say that many recent research shows that the use of social media has increased the problem of stress in children. Mobile and social media addiction has created problems like anxiety and eating disorders in children. That’s why it is proving dangerous for children who are spending more and unnecessary time on mobile.
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