There is a movie out now about the social media & teens. My cousin's church has shown the movie "Finding Faith". Eric Estrada was there - he plays in the movie & I think produced the movie. It is based on true events. I just received my copy in the mail yesterday and I can't wait to watch it with my daughter.

The parents are just as bad as the children in some cases. So who checks the parents accounts and time used. Some parents only facetime their children and wonder why they are disconnected.

Maybe parents should be parents. Just saying. Saying NO is not deadly and does not cause permanent scars.

I have a hard time keeping up with my real family and friends. I don't need virtual friends to keep up with, too! If you don't have enough friends, get to know your neighbor - they might actually be able to help you when you need it.

Just a side note, went to CNN to see what's going on with them and they posted this earlier, It relates to this article in a way..... Be Aware.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/27/technology/social/pimps-social-networks/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

This was a more balanced and practical article than I expected going in. Parents need to be more than aware of their kids online activities, but actively involved in their online profiles and use. Anybody with an online profile (like this on WRAL) might as well be standing on a busy street corner wearing a signboard that says who they are and what they stand for (true or false). There is nothing truly private on the internet!

Let's See.

1.Child is telling parents what they can and cannot do. 2.Parents are becoming the children

I think that social media has it's place, making money, personal career networking, business advertising, but nowhere do I see the need for a child under the age of 16 being connected to a Army of other children. There have been acts of violence, perverts, and terrorist, lol. If all the parents think that each child needs a social outlet other than personal contact with other children, then I suggest you get your act together. I have seen good kids that go to church, hang out with family at gatherings, softball team, A-B students go off the deep end when they get online. You don't have to be paranoid, but be very AWARE of what your children are doing.

You are the Parents, act like one. This is not a reality show it is all very real.

they should run a story about parents that spend too much time on facebook, and not enough time parenting they're out of control kids.

thewayitis: I see absolutely no value to social media, neither for adults nor children. My kids are 10 and 13, and they have yet to interact online in this way. Since they know their parents scoff at Facebook, etc, my kids have not shown a lot of interest, either.

Me: You need to be more open-minded if you see no benefit. I'm a far more informed person thanks to things like Twitter and RSS feeds. You only get out of it, what you put in to it. In other words, if you follow good sources it is incredibly easy to become more informed.

I wasted a lot of time growing up online. So much I did poorly in school and never went to college. I was in everything including the big AOL craze and various online games before big graphical online games came into play today. It helped me land a job in the video game industry working on multi-million dollar games where I traveled the world from right here in North Carolina for almost 7 years. Now I work in digital marketing making a great salary all because being online made me extremely tech-savvy and above the curve. I wouldn't hinder the digital age because you're afraid of it, learn to hone it.

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