One of the not so pleasant areas of social media is the affect its having on children.
Children being children tend to say stupid things with no comprehension of the consequences. That’s a given. The problem is that when children say stupid things on Facebook the words stay there for all to see. Its getting some children into trouble with their peers and stories of bullying on Facebook crossing over to physical abuse are common.
Do children really have the communication skills to express themselves properly on this medium? Doesn’t it just increase the likely hood of being misunderstood to a larger amount of people with an increased amount of social pressure on the individual?
Facebook allows children to sign up from the age of 13. Of course its easy for anyone or any age to sign up as long as they can type.
Facebook can’t police all its members for their age but they could do more to look after the next generation of their users.
