So I was skimming through the new legislation proposed to congress regarding children and social media platforms, and they still omit the children being used in the videos as a topic of issue. It focuses back on the loopholes left with coppa and the viewers. In particular, they're expanding the age from under age 13 to 17 and want to make the platforms responsible for allowing dangerous stunts that children may mimic. While I agree with it I'm still upset that it leaves out the growing problem of parents shoving a camera in the face of their kids in hopes for a few bucks.
Two US senators are pushing to curb the potentially harmful impacts of social media on young people with a new bill targeting tech platforms' handling of content surrounding issues such as eating disorders, substance abuse and suicide.
www.cnn.com
When will they address all these children being abused by their parents for clicks, views and likes?
When will they acknowledge that these children deserve to have a normal life that their parents are not permitting them to live?
We're slowly inching out of one plague only to be faced with another as these children grow up and need therapy.
Even if one doesn't care about their mental state there's still the economic implications: We've become a nation, rather a world, filled with kids who seek out money in the easiest way possible. Many of these kids will think it's normal to exploit family and friends. They won't want to go to school or learn a trade. The effect felt upon the workforce will be very real as the behavior spreads. (Social media is not the only cause, but it's a significant one.)
I could go on regarding the US educational problems and how this social media trend to exploit and make money is currently impacting it, but won't. It's a conversation best left for another forum as it is complicated and a modern history lesson unto itself.
I'll finish my mini rant with saying people like Tim and Jenn are helping to create this problem. No accountability, Tim shows disregard and disrespect for others and rules often and they won't even be proper parents to their one child. Viewing youth see their success, their behavior and copy it. Jackson may or may not grow up to copy his parents (they'd like him to). Hiring an "educator" is not the solution.