The claim that social media websites, such as Twitter or Facebook, are a factor to the dumbing down of today's adolescents is a far
reach for one to make, and is a social construct that has now become a scapegoat for why this generation of kids has problems. The use of
websites, such as the ones listed above, have no bearings on a child's learning curve, and if anything has broaden a child's sphere of
influence to expand to all corners of the planet, giving them more information that the kids of yesterday could ever hope for. Today kids all
around the world know the problems that plague society as well as the products