Topic > What are the positive effects of social media - 1253

The danger that comes from more indirect communication is that it has become extremely easy to be cruel. Dr. Donna Wick, a clinical and developmental psychologist who runs Mind to Mind Parent, says that “children write all sorts of things that you would never think of saying to someone's face” (Childmind, n.d.). She states that this is typically true for girls who don't like face-to-face conflict. Girls comparing themselves to other people creates a lack of solid self-esteem which creates insecurity and terrible feelings about themselves, which makes you want to humiliate other people, and since girls don't like face-to-face conflict, the result it will be this. measurement of bullying through a screen. Peer acceptance is such an important thing for teenagers and for many of them they care about their image as much as a politician vying for authority, add to that the fact that kids today are actually getting self-validation of their appearance through thoughts like “likes” and “comments”, this is enough to mess with anyone's head. Unpleasant comments posted on your wall or on the photo you posted can make you feel extremely guilty about yourself, putting you in an unhealthy and insecure mind