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"Sephora 10 yr olds" and the disappearing tweens

🕑 Added 2024-01-17 12:19:56 +0000 UTC

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Monique Benoit

Millennial Mom of 4 girls- my oldest is 12. It is so tough raising kids in the context of social media. Parents don’t have control outside of saying “no devices”. Then there’s peer pressure, it’s tough

conancat

I'm an older millennial and while I didn't have social media until my college times, but I was already poisoned by the internet by pre-social media channels, from ICQ to IRC to image boards to forums and stuff. When you do don't have social media there are still other ways that kids will find a way to connect with each other, especially today when there are SO many social media platforms out there beyond the popular ones. Looking back I was absolutely groomed by predatory men on these platforms pre-social media. Rather than banning kids from getting on the popular social media platforms today I think it's probably better to regulate these large platforms and demand them to put in safeguards in place than trying to regulate hundreds of micro-platforms out there, as that will be close to impossible without some draconian legislation involved.