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  I’m 37 now, engaged and don’t have a kid yet…but I told my fiancé the other day that this exact thing is my greatest fear in raising a child…how to parent and influence your child positively in the age of social media. Hopefully by the time my kid is getting a phone we will look at social media the same way we do smoking or alcohol and it won’t be weird for parents & families to have an “anti” stance on the whole thing. Looks like it’s already moving in that direction.
context: What I don’t get is why they blocked Facebook in my district but not Tik Tok. Seems like Tik Tok is facebook on crack, so… >
  
  If anyone needs disciplining, it's the adults. >
  
  Parents give their kid a device, let them install whatever they want and then say, "okay go to your room and leave me alone" and then act surprised when they turn out poorly socially adjusted. >
  
  People judge parents a lot.  I guess we could go Amish and take away devices altogether.  But the truth is society has changed where devices are standard use and kids want to be social with their friends.
  If people have constructive advice or a playbook I’d welcome it.  But as far as I know this is the first time in human history parents have been given this extra burden.  Used to, friends and family helped and kids ran around til dark.
  Parenting is hard when you don’t live around family.
  Truth is, parents are worn out and mentally stressed themselves.  Most can’t afford the counseling that would greatly benefit them and their family.
  I wish we didn’t have phones.  I have a 12 year old and I can’t protect her from you people online. >
  
  Screen time and tools are also counterintuitive. You simply cannot be the lockdown parent without repercussions. We walk a fine line and struggle to keep them away from trash. It’s inevitable that they are exposed to it. It’s a lot of work to parent on this front. Communication is so key. >
  
  So basically these schools are suing on behalf of parents... And also taking the cash? >
  
  Someone's got to pay for the therapy to undo the "make people hate each other to sell ads" shit. >
  
  And for the teachers’ therapy after students do some shit like “eat the class fish TikTok challenge” >
  
  And for the stomach pump.