Minors Should Not Have Access To Social Media Essay

I believe that minors should be allowed to have access to social media because it allows for them to express who they truly are. It also helps minors communicate with others from their hometown or from around the world.

Social media allows loved ones to communicate with those far and close. For instance, not everyone lives in the same city/country; thus, making it hard stay in contact. Although, this communication is able to continue if one has social media accounts like Facebook, Instagram, or Snapchat. This is allowed to take place because these social media accounts in specific allows its users to show both friends and family small things like what they're eating, or big things like who they just got married to. This reveals that social media isn't a negative thing but instead plays a positive role in our lives because it allows us to build relationships and keep them healthy. In addition, social media may also be used help those who struggle with socializing .

Some minors struggle with socializing and expressing themselves because they're either to shy, don't know how to start a conversation in person, or they are socially awkward around others.

Some minors have a hard time talking to others which is when social media comes in handy because their looking at a screen and not a person's face makes it easier for them to socialize. Which is why there are YouTuber's. most YouTubers are actually very shy when you meet them in person compared to when you watch their YouTube videos.Why is that? It's easier for them to talk to a camera than it is to talk to a person.

Many people think that minors shouldn't have any connection to social media because they are worried that the minor won't be mature enough to own one and will use their account for the wrong reasons that

may affect them in the future or they may be using it for bulling or to send/post inappropriate

things.

However, I disagree, social media isn't the only source bullies have to target an individual. Just because social media is taken away doesn’t mean that bullies will stop being bullies and that the world will be at peace. All it does is give the bully another target - only this time its in person. Now that the bullying is taking place in person instead of through a screen, violence involved; thus, making the situation more drastic and dangerous. It doesn’t matter if social media is taken away, there will always be bullies in this world and nothing can be done to stop it.

Others may say that social media can be used to post nudity and drugs. But why should social media be put to blame for their foolish decisions? Why punish those who don’t post inappropriate thigs? It's not our fault that those idiots don’t think before they post. People will still show off their bodies and do drugs with friends and family at home or at school even if social media were to be taken away. Some people use social media for negative reasons and there are other, like myself, that use it for positive encouraging reasons. Some minors use social media to bully/post inappropriate things and other minors use it to spread encouraging appropriate things.

Minors don’t only do inappropriate things on social media. They also do it at home and even in our public schools. Which reveals that social media isn't the source that negatively influences our youth, but instead, is the people using it. Think about it. If you take away social media from our minors will it really stop the bulling, nudity, and drug abuse we see on social media? And what effect will it have on those who use it for the good to change the world around them? Is breaking the relationships a child has with his father really worth it? Think about it.