If I had children that young I would absolutely not permit them to use any form of social media.children that age are extremely too young and vulnerable to be using social media and it’s just not appropriate and that proves that some parents seriously need their heads examined.
Minimum-Geologist-58 on
Having taken a look at the OFCOM report this draws on (because I found it unbelievable) 36% of kids who use social media at that age are parents using social media on their kids behalf, 42% are looking at social media apps together. But 19% use them on their own. So it’s not so clearly outrageous. Using social media on behalf is things like posting photos of your kids and using it together seems possible to be completely innocuous, probably like looking through a family photo album.
I would consider it a bullshit stat basically, it doesn’t remotely mean what most people would take it to mean.
LostFoundPound on
What Ofcom data. What are they defining as ‘social media’. So many questions and not enough journalistic integrity to link sources beyond the click bait headline.
Also I have a hard time with anything Mr Nash is involved in. Conservative Party donor who bought his life peerage with a backhander to Gove because he decided he wanted a career in politics. Tory ideologue mired in scandal and likes to resign when things get hot. Not somebody I want meddling in education (which he had no prior experience in before his peerage).
HandGrindMonkey on
Always question the figures! 37% of what number of parents, I could not find the figures. The 800K is merely an extrapolation, we don’t know if the data sample was 100 or 10K. Head line grabbing, yes. The truth is hopefully not as bad as the article purports.
MinimumSun1937 on
How does a nursery aged child even get on social media? Like, it requires a complex set of steps and then what exactly are they doing? Hardly typing 💬?
orangecloud_0 on
I’ll always love the approach my cousin and his wife used. No phones when she was a baby, little to no tv and now shes 7, can gold great conversation and knows many games that dont need a phone.
Dry-Dragonfruit5216 on
What are they going to do? They can’t read or write.
tukhm on
It’s giving your kid tiktok and letting them scroll to keep them busy/entertained. It’s common.
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If I had children that young I would absolutely not permit them to use any form of social media.children that age are extremely too young and vulnerable to be using social media and it’s just not appropriate and that proves that some parents seriously need their heads examined.
Having taken a look at the OFCOM report this draws on (because I found it unbelievable) 36% of kids who use social media at that age are parents using social media on their kids behalf, 42% are looking at social media apps together. But 19% use them on their own. So it’s not so clearly outrageous. Using social media on behalf is things like posting photos of your kids and using it together seems possible to be completely innocuous, probably like looking through a family photo album.
I would consider it a bullshit stat basically, it doesn’t remotely mean what most people would take it to mean.
What Ofcom data. What are they defining as ‘social media’. So many questions and not enough journalistic integrity to link sources beyond the click bait headline.
Also I have a hard time with anything Mr Nash is involved in. Conservative Party donor who bought his life peerage with a backhander to Gove because he decided he wanted a career in politics. Tory ideologue mired in scandal and likes to resign when things get hot. Not somebody I want meddling in education (which he had no prior experience in before his peerage).
Always question the figures! 37% of what number of parents, I could not find the figures. The 800K is merely an extrapolation, we don’t know if the data sample was 100 or 10K. Head line grabbing, yes. The truth is hopefully not as bad as the article purports.
How does a nursery aged child even get on social media? Like, it requires a complex set of steps and then what exactly are they doing? Hardly typing 💬?
I’ll always love the approach my cousin and his wife used. No phones when she was a baby, little to no tv and now shes 7, can gold great conversation and knows many games that dont need a phone.
What are they going to do? They can’t read or write.
It’s giving your kid tiktok and letting them scroll to keep them busy/entertained. It’s common.