1. Teenage social media butterflies may not be such a bad idea.
By: Melissa Healy of los angeles times.

2. Is social media ruining kids?
Some parents think kids spend too much time using electronics
Researchers think differently.
“ The average teenager may look like a disaster in the making: socially stunted, terminally distracted and looking for trouble.”

3. Are Parents too worried ?
Parents think media sites are wasting time.
Think texting is taking away from how kids communicate.
Think time is being taken away from doing school work or being with friends.
Kids cant communicate with friends face to face anymore, they text eachother when sitting next to one another.

4. Benefits of being connected to social media sites.
Children who spend more time on media sites may be the healthiest psychologically.
Children’s relationships are stronger.
Parents stay connected.
Children and parents are getting on Facebook and talking to their friends when they can’t be with them.
Parents connect with their old friends.

5. Ways that people use the internet.
Kids use internet to get on media sites like;
Club penguin, Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, Twitter, YouTube,..etc.
Parents stay connected to their old friends.

6. Works cited.
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