I’m 24 years old. For most of my teen years I hated watching people be on their phones so much. It was super cringy for me. But in my 20’s I slowly became that person and didn’t notice it. As of January 2023 I’ve been SM free and I didn’t realize how addicted I was until I tried to stop. The first 1-2 weeks are the hardest. Even the muscle memory in my hands would automatically to try to open apps that were no longer in their spots on my phone. It was so weird. But now I don’t even care about SM. The relief feels so good. It’s almost like weight being taken off your shoulders.. no more feelings walking around with a foggy mind either. #DISCONNECT
Im a 23 year old female and I have literally NEVER had social media. I have never even been on any of the sites. Due to this i am very confident In myself, I workout daily, I read, I hike, I'm a chef, I own my own home, own my car, I work full time from home (a job I love) I don't watch t.v, I'm only on YT maybe 30 minutes a day and that's usually only in winter bc I have a giant vegetable garden in the summer, hike, swim and offroad etc. Please, quit social media you really do not need it. If you think you'll lose your friends, you probably will. Because when they (and you) have to make a conscious effort to text or call them, you'll realize how many true friends you have. Not to mention, be beautiful for yourself, workout for yourself, eat nutritious food for yourself, nobody benefits, nobody is inspired and frankly nobody cares for more than the second they pause on your post. Go get a life and live it for yourself.
@Rob2Skuttered ikr LMAO hilarious. This is not social media unless you're making videos or spend your entire life on here, I'm late night deep cleaning right now so I just opened YT to play a story in the background and saw the notification. Obviously they're offended that there are people who don't need social media to feel accomplished, validated and worthy...how sad.
Personally I don't have any other social media but the TH-cam comment section is literally one of the most toxic social media apps I've ever experienced. I never see a conversation about why people here are granted full autonomy.
Just amazing how social media can make us create an avatar and then make us give it so much importance , we zone out of the physical world, that actually pays the bills to have that avatar in the first place. “You live with your parents but you own a property in the meta verse”
The CDC lists some of the developmental milestones for young teens, 12- to 14-year-old, as “showing more concern about body image, looks, and clothes” and “focus on themselves; going back and forth between high expectations and lack of confidence.” In addition, the CDC lists some developmental milestones for teenagers, 15- to 17-year-old, as “have a deeper capacity for caring and sharing for developing more intimate relationships” and “be better able to give reasons for their own choices, including about what is right or wrong.” The main target of social media is the 12- to 17-year-old and it majorly affects these specific milestones. A lot of social media is promoting fake or fantasy lifestyles and body images, which makes it hard for this age group to determine what is real versus fake, how to feel about their own bodies and life, and how to form appropriate relationships with their friends, families, and dating. Influencing these milestones can have lifelong effects on a whole generation. We saw a similar situation on a smaller scale with the millennial generation’s problem with body images due to the influence of magazines, movies, and the news. We can apply the same problems with the newer generations being influenced by social media but the effects may be on a much larger scale because unlike magazines and tv, social media is at the tip of our teen’s fingertips 24/7 with social media applications on cell phones, ipads, and laptops - it is everywhere. It’s also important to consider how social media affects children younger than these age groups. While social media like snapchat require an age of 13 or older, there is no check or balance to ensure the age of the account holder, therefore a child of a much younger age could sign up and access the content of these social media platforms. In addition, younger children look up to and learn a lot from their older siblings and watching how their older siblings interact and react with social media can influence how younger children act on or off social media. Therefore, social media is affecting children of all ages, not only their target audience, regardless of age restrictions put in place to mitigate these effects.
Homeschool... no SM.. and PARENT your children... they need a leader in the home, not another Parent that wants to be their friend. And everyone wonders why everything is out of control.
Kids have friends and can see plenty on their phones or at school or anywhere theres tv and internet as much as we want we can't protect our kids from every little thing. Adults suffer negative consequences too not just kids. People and young kids have died doing these challenges. People have died trying to prank people. It's just bad news. Constantly competing for who's best and likes. Its not fun it's a job and it's ridiculous how obligated people feel to put everything online. Including bullying and making fun of people. There's been at least three girls who committed suicide this year from social media bullying and videos being posted of them. kids shouldn't even be seeing the things tik tok let's on the videos. Half naked people women in thongs. one minute it's a silly comedian the next it's some nasty girl working out with a camel toe. Yet tik tok targets young kids and adults. It's disgusting.
@Dawsons98 must be nice to be you and 100% one sided do you every notice when you walk into a simple restaurant? Little kids have tablets everyone is on their smart devices not even paying attention to each other unless they're showing something on Tik Tok etc.!!
It's because teenagers live on phone apps. Instagram, Snapchat, Tik-Tok, Facebook, Twitter, put the phone down and actually live, Try actually have a conversation with someone . That actually means talking to someone. But teenagers seem like they're never interested in anybody but themselves and the phone apps. You try talking to them and they look at you like you're from another world there like are you actually speaking to me. Their phone is more important than real life! They love the attention of the phone apps.
Go play outside, stop talking about feelings, go ride in the back of a pickup truck, ask your parents for a real butt whooping and don't call the cops . Stay off your darn phone, go play red rover, play dodge ball . Problem isn't social media..it's our current state of humanity and the poor me attitude.
thats not the apps fault. if i tell you to rob a bank and you do it, thats not my fault that YOURS!!! JUST DONT ROB THE BANK lol, and or just dont engage in unwise behavior, social media is an empty vessel it only puts out what you put into it!! so its the persons' fault not social media.
Discord and Snapchat are social media, and even games who have a social component, can be categorized as social media... because you know... it's in the name... social... and media...
It's already been happening for a couple of years now. If not it's literally stalking celebrities and idiolizing Vtubers... Bullying is very apparent even for adults!!
Just recently, I have forgotten an e-mail do to TH-cam. I will try to respond to that email tomorrow. I can't believe TH-cam was all the cause of a forgotten thing. Just one important thing that just would have answered at 9:00 am. But I was busy on TH-cam that time. What if I leave Reddit it was 9 p.m. I can't seem to quit. Go to try my hardest to quit. I will respond to that email tomorrow. I will make sure by then I won't be watching any more.
I don't deny that what you're saying has an impact but I think this is something that's trying to disguise another problem, C. R. T. Their grooming kids without the parents consent We're The Kids suffer mental illness to where they cut off body parts. How's that compared to social media
Hahah that’s their fault. Tell your kids to stay off it, and they still get on it. Put parental restrictions on their phone and they freak out. All because they want to be a “cool kid”
Yet it still happens to many other than teens. Even their parents are doing the same thing they do. No one touches grass anymore they take selfies with it and post it for attention!!!
Now there is the definition of irony. The nom de plume of Hope Springs Eternal, gave up! Hilarious. Yes, I realise the nom de plume is probably a stupid religious reference.
I’m 24 years old. For most of my teen years I hated watching people be on their phones so much. It was super cringy for me. But in my 20’s I slowly became that person and didn’t notice it. As of January 2023 I’ve been SM free and I didn’t realize how addicted I was until I tried to stop. The first 1-2 weeks are the hardest. Even the muscle memory in my hands would automatically to try to open apps that were no longer in their spots on my phone. It was so weird. But now I don’t even care about SM. The relief feels so good. It’s almost like weight being taken off your shoulders.. no more feelings walking around with a foggy mind either.
#DISCONNECT
Same omg!!
Im a 23 year old female and I have literally NEVER had social media. I have never even been on any of the sites. Due to this i am very confident In myself, I workout daily, I read, I hike, I'm a chef, I own my own home, own my car, I work full time from home (a job I love) I don't watch t.v, I'm only on YT maybe 30 minutes a day and that's usually only in winter bc I have a giant vegetable garden in the summer, hike, swim and offroad etc. Please, quit social media you really do not need it. If you think you'll lose your friends, you probably will. Because when they (and you) have to make a conscious effort to text or call them, you'll realize how many true friends you have. Not to mention, be beautiful for yourself, workout for yourself, eat nutritious food for yourself, nobody benefits, nobody is inspired and frankly nobody cares for more than the second they pause on your post. Go get a life and live it for yourself.
Your on TH-cam writing a comment, tell me another fib..TH-cam is a social media network FYI.
TH-cam is social media
Good for you… I don’t do social media but I do do TH-cam, unlike comments before me, I do feel there is a difference in SM , and TH-cam ..
@@AskLovelyIgniteTheChangethere’s a big difference between TH-cam and SM anyone that commented that is addicted to instagram lol
@Rob2Skuttered ikr LMAO hilarious. This is not social media unless you're making videos or spend your entire life on here, I'm late night deep cleaning right now so I just opened YT to play a story in the background and saw the notification. Obviously they're offended that there are people who don't need social media to feel accomplished, validated and worthy...how sad.
"There are two reasons to delete your social media accounts. One of them is for your own good, and the other is for society's good." - Jaron Lanier
I'm almost 50 years old and I feel hopeless too, it's not social media, it's media and capitalism.
Social media can have major negative affects on not just teens but anyone giving it a great deal of their time.
social media also has alot of positives too..ying and yang of life, theres good and bad in eveything.
That is so true..
Imo anyone especially teens who suffer from mental illnesses,should not be on social media. The majority of it is either toxic or unhelpful.
as a 16 year old girl I would like to inform everyone that school causes a lot of the problems.
real
facts
All social media should be banned for anyone under the age of 19.
Good stuff, praying for our teens🙏
it’s not just social media, but mainly school, the world, and many other things. ppl always blame social media but that isn’t always the problem
NBC is a major part of this problem. Keep it up. Or just provide coverage.
Can’t spend this finite time I have living on my phone
Personally I don't have any other social media but the TH-cam comment section is literally one of the most toxic social media apps I've ever experienced. I never see a conversation about why people here are granted full autonomy.
Just amazing how social media can make us create an avatar and then make us give it so much importance , we zone out of the physical world, that actually pays the bills to have that avatar in the first place.
“You live with your parents but you own a property in the meta verse”
social media doest make you do anything, YOUR CHOOSING to do those things!! dont blame an app.
@@iamBlackGambit you most likely watched the wrong video, and commented on another.
@@derickshalo384 does it make you create an avatar? Or does one choose to?
@@iamBlackGambit which came first, the chicken, or the egg?
The CDC lists some of the developmental milestones for young teens, 12- to 14-year-old, as “showing more concern about body image, looks, and clothes” and “focus on themselves; going back and forth between high expectations and lack of confidence.” In addition, the CDC lists some developmental milestones for teenagers, 15- to 17-year-old, as “have a deeper capacity for caring and sharing for developing more intimate relationships” and “be better able to give reasons for their own choices, including about what is right or wrong.” The main target of social media is the 12- to 17-year-old and it majorly affects these specific milestones. A lot of social media is promoting fake or fantasy lifestyles and body images, which makes it hard for this age group to determine what is real versus fake, how to feel about their own bodies and life, and how to form appropriate relationships with their friends, families, and dating. Influencing these milestones can have lifelong effects on a whole generation. We saw a similar situation on a smaller scale with the millennial generation’s problem with body images due to the influence of magazines, movies, and the news. We can apply the same problems with the newer generations being influenced by social media but the effects may be on a much larger scale because unlike magazines and tv, social media is at the tip of our teen’s fingertips 24/7 with social media applications on cell phones, ipads, and laptops - it is everywhere. It’s also important to consider how social media affects children younger than these age groups. While social media like snapchat require an age of 13 or older, there is no check or balance to ensure the age of the account holder, therefore a child of a much younger age could sign up and access the content of these social media platforms. In addition, younger children look up to and learn a lot from their older siblings and watching how their older siblings interact and react with social media can influence how younger children act on or off social media. Therefore, social media is affecting children of all ages, not only their target audience, regardless of age restrictions put in place to mitigate these effects.
Not just teens. Twitter made two 'men' so crazy one created a pathetic Twitter knock off and the other bought Twitter.
I would laugh but the severity of your statement wipes it off my face.
🤣🤣🤣
Homeschool... no SM.. and PARENT your children... they need a leader in the home, not another Parent that wants to be their friend. And everyone wonders why everything is out of control.
Kids have friends and can see plenty on their phones or at school or anywhere theres tv and internet as much as we want we can't protect our kids from every little thing. Adults suffer negative consequences too not just kids. People and young kids have died doing these challenges. People have died trying to prank people. It's just bad news. Constantly competing for who's best and likes. Its not fun it's a job and it's ridiculous how obligated people feel to put everything online. Including bullying and making fun of people. There's been at least three girls who committed suicide this year from social media bullying and videos being posted of them. kids shouldn't even be seeing the things tik tok let's on the videos. Half naked people women in thongs. one minute it's a silly comedian the next it's some nasty girl working out with a camel toe. Yet tik tok targets young kids and adults. It's disgusting.
Parents need to ban together and say children don’t need smartphones. PERIOD.
Exactly!
@Dawsons98 must be nice to be you and 100% one sided do you every notice when you walk into a simple restaurant?
Little kids have tablets everyone is on their smart devices not even paying attention to each other unless they're showing something on Tik Tok etc.!!
@@heartspeaks spotlighting blissful ingorance which many Americans embrace isn't great.
alot of adults don't need smartphones either, all they do is cry in comment sections
@@JohnRangel-if2qm agreed!
10 years too late on this one lmao
It's because teenagers live on phone apps. Instagram, Snapchat, Tik-Tok, Facebook, Twitter, put the phone down and actually live, Try actually have a conversation with someone . That actually means talking to someone. But teenagers seem like they're never interested in anybody but themselves and the phone apps. You try talking to them and they look at you like you're from another world there like are you actually speaking to me. Their phone is more important than real life! They love the attention of the phone apps.
So sad 🤦🏾♂😢
Go play outside, stop talking about feelings, go ride in the back of a pickup truck, ask your parents for a real butt whooping and don't call the cops . Stay off your darn phone, go play red rover, play dodge ball . Problem isn't social media..it's our current state of humanity and the poor me attitude.
Social media encourages people to engage in behaviours they would otherwise not have done for the sake of seeking attention from others
thats not the apps fault. if i tell you to rob a bank and you do it, thats not my fault that YOURS!!! JUST DONT ROB THE BANK lol, and or just dont engage in unwise behavior, social media is an empty vessel it only puts out what you put into it!! so its the persons' fault not social media.
I believe that watching small-sized screen for hours almost every day should cause negative impact on physical health, in addition to mental health.
It's also funny this is only about social media what about gaming addictions and how toxic places especially like Discord to Snapchat etc can be?
Discord and Snapchat are social media, and even games who have a social component, can be categorized as social media... because you know... it's in the name... social... and media...
CPAC is more toxic than any of those.
I text my friend all the long and long time and it affected me so much I constantly go on my phone if texts pop up I pick my phone up straight away
Widower for 11 years, I told my Wife 15 years ago, social media is going to destroy the world... >>>> Sucks to be SO RIGHT!
It's already been happening for a couple of years now.
If not it's literally stalking celebrities and idiolizing Vtubers...
Bullying is very apparent even for adults!!
Just recently, I have forgotten an e-mail do to TH-cam. I will try to respond to that email tomorrow. I can't believe TH-cam was all the cause of a forgotten thing. Just one important thing that just would have answered at 9:00 am. But I was busy on TH-cam that time. What if I leave Reddit it was 9 p.m. I can't seem to quit. Go to try my hardest to quit. I will respond to that email tomorrow. I will make sure by then I won't be watching any more.
Take away the phones
It’s not the phones
Oh, funny, it's all on the schools to fix these problems. Parents need to step up and get rid of phones.
Maybe parents should try some parenting? But Im sure we will get legislation that makes doing basic things harder for everyone else instead.
Any adults know and can ruin someone's life via social media but no one talks about it many get death threats etc teens just feel depressed
The parents are just as addicted as the teens. Monkey see, monkey do.
Part 2
well then put phone down and go outside no conspiracy here
20 years too late. The programming is complete. No shame. No morals. No dignity. No doubt.
Is TH-cam also harmful like the other social media?
It's too late to fix these SNS problems..
Ok, well you earned it.
It’s also turned grown women into attention seeking clowns
Is it that's helping mental health issue individual?
I don't deny that what you're saying has an impact but I think this is something that's trying to disguise another problem, C. R. T. Their grooming kids without the parents consent We're The Kids suffer mental illness to where they cut off body parts. How's that compared to social media
Internet was supposed to be a Greek utopia yet look what humanity made of it LOL
Let them,if were honest no one of under 20 is gonna have a future.
Besides we are too much on this planet
Hahah that’s their fault. Tell your kids to stay off it, and they still get on it. Put parental restrictions on their phone and they freak out. All because they want to be a “cool kid”
Im there in the video😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
😎😎😎
Its safe to assume NBC is NOT to Blame, so who will become NBCs skapegoat of the week?
So glad I am54 and didn't grow up with this garbage
Robert Reich, the man to watch.
Let your dreams be bigger than your profile. Try texting/calling you friends instead.
Yet it still happens to many other than teens.
Even their parents are doing the same thing they do.
No one touches grass anymore they take selfies with it and post it for attention!!!
Soo what yall let the kids get on them and do what ever now look at us 😢
As soon as she said climate change, I checked out and stopped watching.
wow... and you're rubbing ecological and that into this...
Thoughts and prayers lol
Clearly you don’t own property in key west.
You sure get triggered easily LOL!
Now there is the definition of irony. The nom de plume of Hope Springs Eternal, gave up! Hilarious.
Yes, I realise the nom de plume is probably a stupid religious reference.
Wait too see their mom onlyfan
Lol 😂
teens need to grow a pair and realize the world doesn't revolve around them
Get off instagram and TikTok. Easy…
The parents are just as addicted. Starts with the parents getting off social media. Monkey see, monkey do.