While no one has been listening, I have been saying for years that Social Media will make your kids fat, stupid, lazy and suicidal. It is a cancer. Now the data is finally coming in and this simple assumption is indeed being confirmed.
Web giants ‘fuel child mental health crisis’
Responding to comments from the chief executive of the NHS that web giants are fuelling a “crisis” and should come under tough scrutiny, Anne Longfield said: “The urgent response must be fast and effective. Children for whom the internet can be a powerful and positive resource do need protection from the negatives of social media and require the best mental health support.
Earlier this week a coalition of charities called for social media firms to have a ‘duty of care’ – enshrined by law – to protect children from potential mental health conditions.
They said the sites were responsible for increases in online bullying, internet addiction and self-harm amongst children which were very often undetected by parents.
Mr Stevens warned that children of today were facing a ‘double epidemic’ of obesity and mental health conditions, caused by the ‘stresses and strains of adolescence.’
In other words, if you love and care about your kids, get them the hell off of Social Media. They will thank you later as their mindless counterparts grow up to be self hating cry baby sheepish liberals.
