According to a recent study, 92% of the children go online daily. Isn’t it surprising that still there are some who don’t want to live in that fake world? In a world where you will not be considered for the standard level if you stay out of social media there are still some kids who like the real world more.
In earlier times , everyone used to write a letter to stay in contact in vacations. Brian’s mother, Rebecca O’Neill says “When I was their age, during summer vacation, I was tied to the phone, But my son just texts or emails people when he wants to see someone, and they meet up in person.”
According to a researcher, Jacqueline Nesi, “Based on survey data from our lab as well as national statistics, I would estimate that only between 5% and 15% of teens abstain from social media use.”
There are countless risks associated with the use of social media like hacking , cyber crime , online predators and the list is never ending. But the biggest danger is that teens get encouraged to compare themselves with their peers by the use of these social networking sites.
There is another girl who also considers social media to be valueless. Her name is Katherine Silk who is of 18 and belongs to Los Angeles. She says “I feel like a lot of what happens on Instagram isn’t valuable communication, “I’ll be with friends eating, and they’ll say, ‘Let’s post this on Instagram!’ Sometimes I feel like saying, ‘You should be talking to me and the other people here, not posting things for people who may or may not care, just so you can get more likes.’ ” Like many social-media abstainers, she thinks that too often her peers “don’t have adequate boundaries”
