Daily Times

Sir: I would like to draw your attention towards social media addiction. Majority of children are being negatively affected socially and academically, we just choose not to do anything about it because social media is assumed to only be a positive force.

Studies have shown that young people are experiencing effects such as internet harassment, privacy exposed, and consuming harmful content such as violence and pornography. Effects away from the computer include negative impacts in academic performance, social lives, family relations and amount of sleep, to name only a few.

We need to understand their psychological motivations why are they so much relying on social media.

We need to educate their parents and teacher’s as they are the ones who spend the most time with these kids and are most influential in their lives. I believe educating both of these groups can help to control the addiction of social media-After knowing these affects it will help our children not to rely on these kind of platforms.

Syed Haider Ali Kazmi

Lahore

Published in Daily Times, November 7^th 2018.