Jhoan Sebastian Clavijo Villalba 201633160

“Internet has been a boon and a curse for tenagers”

J. K. Rowling
Internet has been on of the most important events in the history of the human being,
It has modified every aspect of our lives, and it has affected people from every ages,
since the youngers, to the elders. Naturally, Social media has been a boon for the
people, there are connections from every parts of the Word and the opportunities are
everywhere. However, those benefits are not for everybody, not everyone can take
advantage of that; only responsible people can do it. Because, inside the internet,
there are many dangers. This essay will argue about that teenager under thirteen
should not have access to the social networks because it is dangerous, they have no
the enough responsibility and they have no the enough control of their time.
First of all, it is danger. The main reason why the social media is danger is
because teenager can get in touch with any unknown. You as a parent, you would
not like your children talk with other adults secretly because you are conscious of
many cases where a child were cheated or kidnaped by an adult. For instance, in the
2017 in Colombia the police registered 280 cases of “grooming” (RCN RADIO), that
is the crime of when an adult convinces a child through a social network to get erotic
material. Another reason why the social media is danger for kids is the hazard of
harmful tendencies. For example, in Colombia around one thousand people played
“the game of the blue whale”. That was a game who foster the childs to harm
themselves, and last instance, to commit suicide. For the last for the two previous
reasons you have considered that leaving the kids alone in the social media is a
danger habit.
The second point is that kids have no the enough responsibility to respond by
their actions in the social network because the decision of posting something in
media is very serious; if you post something in the media, everybody is going to see
it, and once done, there is no turning back because someone could take a
screenshot and save it. For instance, the above mentioned implies that the children
are exposed to be bullied by something they post and they did not realized that
information could have been used against ther. On the other hand, kids may post
something that they regret in the future. For instance, some naughtiness photos they
post could affect their future work life. To sum up, child under 13 are not prepared to
analyze each risk of post something in the media, and they could be not prepared for
the consequences like being cyberbullied, or losing a future job.
The last point is that teenager lose many time in the media. Facebook, Twitter
and Instagram are distractors especially if teenager have them in their cell-phones.
This point could affect their academic life; they could be spending more time in the
media than doing their homework. For instance, according to CNN, the adolescents
in the United States spent an average of nine hours per day using the media and
that is more of the time they spent in school. On the other hand, if teenagers spend
too much time in the social networking, the spent less with their family and friends.
this could deteriorate relationships to the children of parents. For those two reason is
important that parents control the access of their children to the social media.
To conclude, By themselves, the social networks are not beneficial or harmful,
there are just a tool. The problem are the people who are inside that media. This
does not mean that the people who use the social media is bad; this means that
through media, kids are exposed to many risk. To sum up, the main risk are that
inside the media, there could be dangerous people; the kids could post thing they
could regret and finally, they could being be wasting many unrecoverable hours of
their life.

references

RCN RADIO https://www.rcnradio.com/recomendado-del-editor/grooming-una-amenaza-

cada-vez-mayor-para-los-menores-en-colombia
CARACOL RADIO
http://caracol.com.co/radio/2017/04/26/nacional/1493218411_501283.html
CNN en español
http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2015/11/03/los-adolescentes-pasan-9-horas-al-dia-usando-los-
medios-segun-informe/