Children benefiting from social media but also 'paying a price'

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Children benefiting from social media but also 'paying a price'

By The Nation

 

President of the Psychiatric Association of Thailand (PAT), Assoc Dr Chawanan Charnsilp

 

Online media is leading to depression in many children, the chief of the Psychiatric Association of Thailand (PAT) said.

 

 

The association president, Assoc Dr Chawanan Charnsilp, was presiding over an academic conference at Novotel Chiang Mai Nimman Journey hub in Chiang Mai on Saturday (December 7).

 

He said that nowadays, social media is playing an important role in daily life, having both positive and negative impacts on children.

 

“On the positive side, children use social media as a communication channel which enables them to talk with friends or relatives anywhere, while teachers use it to coordinate with their parents to provide information on their children. Children also use it to search for knowledge, while some schools use it to open online teaching classes,” he said.

 

“However, the negative impact causes children to become addicted to social media until they lose relationships with people and their families. These children become irritated, stressed and depressed, causing impacts on both their physical and mental health, such as attention-deficit and lack of confidence.”

 

He suggested that there should be an authority to supervise the use of social media by children, while parents should be informed on their accesses.

 

“The number of children seeking advice about being hated or bullied through social media is on the rise. This problem requires cooperation from school and parents,” he said.

 

He added that most of the children were teenagers, while elementary school children aged 7-8 years rarely have the problems.

 

“The treatment will become easier if they see the doctor immediately, but it depends on the family and the people close to them as well,” he added.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30379188

 

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[Isaanbiker]

"However, the negative impact causes children to become addicted to social media until they lose relationships with people and their families. These children become irritated, stressed, and depressed, causing impacts on both their physical and mental health, such as attention-deficit and lack of confidence."

 

Even Thai students in grade 7 and younger, already know certain Japanese movies, various other porn websites, watch cruel horror movies, they play brutal games, and the time on social media is immense. 

 

 Then you see the ordinary family who goes to a restaurant where nobody speaks to each other. They might send messages to each other, but they have somehow stopped talking to each other.

 

The gaming sharpshooter loses control of his real life, fiction and reality mixed up, and he kills for fun.

 

And schools let students use their phones all day long. In the classroom, in their lunch break, on their way to school and home.

 

Why not? Their teachers do it as well. 

 

When does the insanity stop? I think that it is already way too late.

 

KIds have never learned how to live a life in harmony and honesty, they have to lie not to lose face, none of them seems to be responsible for their actions.

 

They don't know how to think critically, but they know how to use specific programs. 

 

Let us call them the Robokids. And the Robokids grow to Robomen and Robowomen. 

 

Together with the daily soap operas where men can do what they want to women, where all people have a lot of cash, always people who get killed with guns, they might think that they can do what they want. 

 

But they soon realize that they do not have much to live for.

 

Then add their superficial education to it, or what happens at schools where kids get brainwashed, the marching boy scouts, the beating teachers and there's the perfect horror scenario. 

 

Regarding a friend of mine, a Psychiatrist, the danger is huge, and too many kids are already so depressive and under strong medication that a lot of them have already tried to commit suicide and many others will follow. 

    

 But this phenomenon did not start last week. The Land of Smiles became the Land of Robomen?  

[Krataiboy]

He added that most of the children (with smartphone-related problems) were teenagers, while elementary school children aged 7-8 years rarely have the problems.

 

Give 'em time. Rome wasn't built in a day. The same goes for the Brave New World for which billions of dumbed-down, narcissistic little snowflakes are slowly but surely being prepped.

[richard_smith237]

As with anything 'intelligent balance' is required - Parents need to evolve with the Technology. 

 

Social Media can be quite damaging, but it also can be extremely rewarding and is a way in which people can keep in touch, thus for kids, its ok, so long as its used sparingly and not replied upon - this is then down to the parents to manage and bring up their children in a manner which the parents wishes (i.e. controlled use of such media) are understood and respected.

 

As with the use of iPads and phones in the home etc - these are excellent educational tools, but once again must be used intelligently. 

At the dinner table - no phones or iPads (mostly) there are situations where having an iPad at hand is ideal. i.e. out with friends, the child has been well behaved throughout dinner, parents still talking and enjoying themselves - the iPad is a useful tool for the child to be occupied, as are coloring pencils and some paper etc.. again - intelligent use, not overuse. 

 

We took a mini-lego set out the other night !!... My Wife and I could still enjoy our dinner and conversation, our son sat there happily playing Lego which ultimately became the 3 of us making the Lego together, laughing and having some fun. 

[AgMech Cowboy]

15 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Social Media can be quite damaging, but it also can be extremely rewarding

Case in point...Thaivisa. ????

[torturedsole]

1 hour ago, Krataiboy said:

The same goes for the Brave New World for which billions of dumbed-down, narcissistic little snowflakes are slowly but surely being prepped.

Is there a causal link, if not in part?

 

Let's also consider the flipside of babies and toddlers innately craving love and attention from their social media-obsessed parents and being outright ignored.  It's an epidemic in the UK and witness it on a daily basis, particularly on my daily commute to and from work.  Due to the lack of interaction from said parent(s) the child predictably goes into a meltdown but they, the parent(s), carry on regardless which would appear to me as tacit approval for the child to do what they want without defined boundaries.  And we wonder why we've got directionless and ultimately feral kids running about causing mayhem.  I did say 'in part'.  

[richard_smith237]

19 minutes ago, AgMech Cowboy said:

35 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Social Media can be quite damaging, but it also can be extremely rewarding

Case in point...Thaivisa. ????

 

Indeed, its quite rewarding reading some of the points made by damaged posters !!!