Social media accounts or channels opened for children are increasing day by day. Families who bought tablets and mobile phones for their children have now started to open social media accounts. The accounts opened by some famous people for their children are causing this situation to spread. It is spreading, but when it comes to children, you have to be very careful.
WHAT KIND OF PSYCHOLOGY IS BEHIND PARENTS OPENING SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS FOR THEIR CHILDREN?
Let's try to explain this question under parental styles.
Investor parents: Parents with this style invest in things they think will be profitable for their children in the future. While there may be people who see opportunities in investments such as accumulating gold, buying real estate, and opening a fund account, there may also be parents who see the increasingly widespread virtual world tools as an opportunity. Investor parents open accounts on popular applications such as Instagram, where they see opportunities for their children.
Parents who collect memories: Some parents want to photograph every aspect of their children and save them. These parents often experience photo and video storage shortages. Even if they purchase high-capacity hard disks, these devices have risks such as corruption or viruses. Where is this easiest for parents, with little risk of deletion? Social media accounts such as Facebook and Instagram.
Great parents:They are the type of parents who share their children's important days and developments in order to maintain ties with distant relatives and acquaintances. These parents also instantly share their children's important days with the neighbor, like reporters who closely follow and share important developments.
Appreciative parents:The basic feelings of these parents are the desire to be appreciated and liked. The majority of those who open social media accounts for their children are parents with this style. They share the most beautiful photos of their children, taken in the best places. While they dress their children, take them for a ride, or are at an event, they often have the thought of sharing on social media. They are more concerned with capturing images than living the moment. Issues such as "the child's privacy and confidentiality" are n is not very important. In fact, they secretly try to satisfy their own desire to be liked or appreciated by using the child as an excuse.
HOW DOES OPENING A SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT FOR CHILDREN CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT?
It does not make any contribution.
WHAT ARE THE DISADVANTAGES OF OPENING A SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT FOR CHILDREN?
1. First of all, there are security drawbacks. Having an account means that the child is vulnerable to virtual attacks, just like us adults. Their phones can be tapped, their location can be learned and all information can be hacked.
2. Another important drawback is that it harms the child's sense of privacy. Thousands, maybe millions of people that he does not know or recognize see him. Being watched, known, or recognized by everyone weakens a child's ability to maintain privacy and boundaries. Because there are no limits on the internet. Having a social media account means being open to the whole world in some way.
3. Naturally, young children have an account opened against their will. Because they are not old enough to make this decision. Therefore, it is a negative situation for their personality development. Some families claim that their children want it. Even if the children want it, it does not mean that it should be done and that it is under their will. The parent makes the decision here. Many issues such as health, education and development are taken by parental decision, but here it is not a benefit or an obligation but a matter of taste.
4. Social media users know that "getting likes", or being liked in Turkish, is an important part of this job. In fact, many sites base their existence on this. “You exist as long as you get clicks, you are as successful as you get likes.” The sentences form the essence of the work. While even adults are caught up in the lust of this, making children addicted to lust at this age poses serious risks for their personality development. The seeds of narcissism, a type of personality disorder, are sown at a young age.
5. In later years, people may want their childhood photos not to be visible. This is people's most natural right. Opening a social media account in the child's name means taking away this right.
6. It is said that visuality is the determining factor Social media sanctifies physical appearance. Because social media founders and those who sell through them owe their livelihood to visuals. Something (it doesn't matter what it is) as long as it is beautiful, attractive and edgy. What is important is visuality, not content, quality or quality. Trying to be perfect physically causes a person to not be at peace with himself and naturally leads to some psychological problems. Researchers have emphasized that social media is the most important factor in reducing the age of non-medical plastic surgery to 15 in European countries.
Read: 0
