Parents in Oranienburg on an alarm: Dangers of social media exposed!

Parents in Oranienburg on an alarm: Dangers of social media exposed!

In today's digital world, shock reports about the dangers of social media are no longer rare. An open regular table called "Parent Cloud" in Oranienburg illuminates this problem and offers parents a platform for clarifying the risks that their children are exposed to on the Internet. This reports the maz-online.de .

The meeting is directed by Janice Albrecht, the city's responsible persons for the city's drug and addiction prevention, and emphasizes how important it is to understand the legal responsibilities in dealing with platforms such as WhatsApp, Instagram and Tikok. Parents can be liable if their children spread bullying or violent content in such groups. With almost 90 percent of the third graders who have a cell phone, it is more necessary than ever.

parental care increase

A survey by the Censuswide opinion research institute, on behalf of the online retailer Haypp, shows that 63 percent of parents are afraid of the negative effects of social media on their children. This includes concerns about cyber bullying, academic achievements and mental health of the younger generation. Over 60 percent of those surveyed see the social pressure that arises from platforms such as Instagram and Tiktok as problematic. A fifth of the respondents suspect that the striving for cosmetic surgery is to be seen as a symptom of this online culture. These results were made by Bild.de

The increasing media addiction is particularly worrying. According to a DAK-Study , more than a million children and adolescents have a risky or even pathological media consumption. The average of this group spends 157 minutes on social media a day - half an hour more than before the pandemic. Prof. Rainer Thomasius warns that we are facing a “tsunami of addiction disorders”, which only alerts the concerned parents.

conversations instead of bans

Veronika Funk from the Consumer Competence department emphasizes that discussions between parents and children about digital dangers are more important than mere prohibitions. It is important to sensitize the youngest and to support them in dealing with the visible and invisible dangers in the digital space. Another event on this topic will take place on September 3 in the parent-child meeting in Kitzbuehler Straße 1a in Oranienburg, in which interested parents can take part in free.

The challenges with which parents are faced with are diverse: from cyber bullying to pressure in school to concern for drug abuse. Almost 35 percent of parents worry about drug use, which shows that the dangers often occur in a bundle and the concern for health and well -being of children in the digital age is