By Setron Mclaughlin

Kids aged twelve and younger don’t need social media now; due to apps like Tik Tok and Snapchat there are many things that can affect the human mind, especially ones that have not matured yet. This can cause the mind to affiliate with those things on social media and may affect them for the rest of their lives. Examples might be cursing or ¨twerking.”

Kids may come across adults or child predators that haunt these apps. We need to keep our children safe all the time and that includes on these apps. People tried stopping kids from encountering these things like setting up verifications, but somehow kids find their way to get through them without a problem. We may need to just prevent kids from using social media at all. Without social media, children are less likely to encounter a predator

Social media can harm others mentally, such as through bullying or cyberbullying. This can make a child feel bad about themselves and create a void that makes them feel alone. Other people can inflict their feelings on anyone and maybe make them feel down. We need to keep children from that area of social media.

Some people say that all of the above can be prevented with Family lLink on Google or find an app that can prevent them from finding harmful things or people. However, this is not all happening yet and is up to individual parents, so totally eliminating social media for young children is the best way to go