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Social networking: Pill for self esteem?

Posted on 07/18/12 by User_image_bgAmreen Khalid Shaikh

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I sometimes wonder, why would a 13 year old teenager be so worried about how her profile picture on a famous social networking site (SnS) looked? Not going very far, and asking my teenage cousin the reason about this unreasonable trend, I got the answer. She said "It's because it makes you feel good about yourself, and the number of comments make you popular amongst your peers". To be frank, I was not very surprised. But still questioned myself, 'Why would feeling good about yourself depend on something foolish like that.' Sad but true, SnS these days play a vital role in one's self esteem. If your pictures, or status updates go unnoticed, it hampers self esteem in a way. It's a reason to worry, if incidents like these effect your child's thought process in a negative way. Being dependent on SnS and being victims of peer pressure to feel good about one's self hampers the individual's mental state. In the long run repeated incidents like these can also lead to depression, and other mental problems.

Go ahead! Make your child feel good about themselves, by letting them know that there is nothing wrong in being themselves and that they don't need any SnS and comments from others to judge them.

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  • on 07/22/12, by Maria S.:

    I agree, It is sad that most people have been taught that they don't have the right to define themselves. It all depends on what others think; if others think you are beautiful then you are, if others think you are smart than you are. It's scary that now a days, teenagers would have no clue who they were if other people weren't around to tell them. It never seems to occur to kids that their duty is not to please others, but themselves, that's why it's called " your life" and not "their life".

  • on 07/23/12, by wwqq3d:

    I agree, It is sad that most people have been taught that they don't have the right to define themselves. It all depends on what others think; if others think you are beautiful then you are, if others think you are smart than you are. It's scary that now a days, teenagers would have no clue who they were if other people weren't around to tell them. It never seems to occur to kids that their duty is not to please others, but themselves, that's why it's called " your life" and not "their life".
  • Lilac Green

    on 08/08/12, by Lilac Green:

    Great article. Sometimes modern technologies influences us too much, shapes us too much! But I know: the participants of this forum are not such. No matter how many comments you have, the main thing is that you get your opinion heard!

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