Social Media Controversy

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Is social media responsible for the risky things kids are doing just to become internet famous? Indeed that is what some parents might think but, besides who should be watching their kids while they are doing this stuff. Kids are filming themselves doing dangerous stunts to get famous online, and many kids are getting hurt in the process. Some people think that social media sites like YouTube are to blame. Others think that it’s not social media’s fault. For starters people watching other people take risks has long been an exciting form of entertainment. In addition to that parents should be monitoring what their kids are watching and posting well think again because some parents are not. In my opinion, parents should always
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For example, kids, teens, and adults all have been taking risks long before YouTube has been in the app store. If you think about it the Evel Knievel was one of the most dare doing people alive and he was old and he wasn’t doing it for YouTube. He has broken many bones in his body and I don’t think anyone would want to that to become famous. He didn’t do it for the fame he did to make other people happy.

Some social media sites including YouTube do indeed have guidelines that we should be reading. They tell us about rules and what we should and should not be doing. We shouldn’t be blaming social media but we should be blaming ourselves because we are the ones who are breaking the rules. The guidelines of YouTube tell us things like not to encourage kids to do dangerous stunts and challenges that could possibly injure others. This is why kids these days are getting hurt or even worse.

Some of the things these kids are doing these days are natural and they don’t think about what they are posting and watching. This happens because of something called the Prefrontal Cortex. This is the process when a part of a kids brain has not been fully developed so it only wants to seek pleasure and reward. So this proves another dangerous reason why kids are getting

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