Social Networking Argument
Did you know spending too much time online and on social media is causing mental illness in children? Social media is taking over society to the point where one in 10 children now has a mental health issue, and a third of teenagers feel "low, sad, or down" at least once a week. It only takes a kid four hours or more a day in front of a screen to become mentally ill and the sad part is we all know kids spend way more than four hours a day in front of a screen. Childline, a free 24-hour counselling service for children and young people stated, “Number of calls to ChildLine about online bullying, suicidal thoughts, and self-harm have soared in recent years, mostly about cyberbullying on social media.” However, social …show more content…
For instance, CBS Dc article by Regina F. Graham reveals, “In recent years, there have been several instances where teens and adults have committed suicide because of being bullied over social media by their peers.” For many years people have been worried about people with illnesses, depression, anxiety, etc. to commit suicide or harm themselves; although this whole time they have been too blind and lazy to look farther and realize that a quarter of these patients get it from social media and the internet. Broder, a man who is the author of Stage Climbing: The Shortest Path to Your Highest Potential, added that using social media can have numerous negative outcomes that can affect a person’s mental health. For example, Broder is also an expert in cognitive behavioral therapy, and shared that, he has seen several situations where social media has mentally affected people, including some of his adult patients. Border also adds, “I had somebody tell me once in a session, that they really thought Facebook was a good thing, but she thinks they should outlaw it because it cost her her reputation at work.” Many people have predicted and agreed that if social media wasn’t so frequently used that mental illness in children, depression, and even suicide …show more content…
There are many ways for people to find jobs, however, sadly more than half of the people in the world decide to find them on social media. Social media isn’t the safest way to find jobs either, because when you find online jobs you don’t see the company and people face to face. If you apply online to a job, you are less likely to get a job, rather than walking into the business and talking face to face. Furthermore, applying online to job and business that you haven’t seen or heard of before is unsafe, because you don’t know if this company is real or not if you don’t walk in there and talk face to face. Not to mention you could let all of your information go to unreliable people by applying for an application online. Moreover, you may even get in trouble because someone could use your information to do something illegal or
Did you know spending too much time online and on social media is causing mental illness in children? Social media is taking over society to the point where one in 10 children now has a mental health issue, and a third of teenagers feel "low, sad, or down" at least once a week. It only takes a kid four hours or more a day in front of a screen to become mentally ill and the sad part is we all know kids spend way more than four hours a day in front of a screen. Childline, a free 24-hour counselling service for children and young people stated, “Number of calls to ChildLine about online bullying, suicidal thoughts, and self-harm have soared in recent years, mostly about cyberbullying on social media.” However, social …show more content…
For instance, CBS Dc article by Regina F. Graham reveals, “In recent years, there have been several instances where teens and adults have committed suicide because of being bullied over social media by their peers.” For many years people have been worried about people with illnesses, depression, anxiety, etc. to commit suicide or harm themselves; although this whole time they have been too blind and lazy to look farther and realize that a quarter of these patients get it from social media and the internet. Broder, a man who is the author of Stage Climbing: The Shortest Path to Your Highest Potential, added that using social media can have numerous negative outcomes that can affect a person’s mental health. For example, Broder is also an expert in cognitive behavioral therapy, and shared that, he has seen several situations where social media has mentally affected people, including some of his adult patients. Border also adds, “I had somebody tell me once in a session, that they really thought Facebook was a good thing, but she thinks they should outlaw it because it cost her her reputation at work.” Many people have predicted and agreed that if social media wasn’t so frequently used that mental illness in children, depression, and even suicide …show more content…
There are many ways for people to find jobs, however, sadly more than half of the people in the world decide to find them on social media. Social media isn’t the safest way to find jobs either, because when you find online jobs you don’t see the company and people face to face. If you apply online to a job, you are less likely to get a job, rather than walking into the business and talking face to face. Furthermore, applying online to job and business that you haven’t seen or heard of before is unsafe, because you don’t know if this company is real or not if you don’t walk in there and talk face to face. Not to mention you could let all of your information go to unreliable people by applying for an application online. Moreover, you may even get in trouble because someone could use your information to do something illegal or