social media and screens.

todays teenagers are obsessed with screen especially phones and social media i probably sound like a grandma when I say this but its true.

I think it starts to become a problem when someone can't go a whole class without their phone 

for some context in my school (and probably most schools in the world) we have to turn in our phones at the beginning of every class and we get our phones back at the end of every class

and a class isn't even that long maybe maximum of 1h 40min but yet there are some classmates of mine who pretend to put their phone in the box and then proceed to use their phones during class. (and its 50% of the time TikTok and 50% of the time snapchat) and that basically implies that they cant go 1h 40 (max) without their phones which is concerning

and its even worse during breaks, every single break everyone is mostly scrolling on TikTok and barley having a conversation. and it gets boring at a point when you have a break and your sitting with your friends and all of them are scrolling on TikTok. it sometimes gets to the point where i have no choice but to go on TikTok myself but even then its still boring (sometimes i do watch my friends fyp over her shoulder because her fyp is slightly more entertaining than mine. and i would say that that is slightly better that us watching our phones individually because we have some sort of communication whilst also scrolling through social media)

I will admit there have been days were I end up scrolling on TikTok for hours and realize i haven't done anything and when that happens I always think to myself of all the things i could have done instead of scroll.

Short form content such as TikTok, Instagram reels and YouTube shorts are so bad for our brains especially since it can have a huge effect on our attention span

and it most definitely does not help that most of generation Alpha gets handed an iPad as soon as their born.

not only does most of generation alpha develop a screen addiction when their so young to the point that they cant even eat without having a device Infront of them playing some video that's very overstimulating (idk if that's the right word but hopefully you get what I mean) but they also throw a tantrum when they aren't allowed to look at a screen. I mean come on I barley see kids outside playing anymore

younger girls are forced to grow up fast because they are on social media and they get "bullied" for being too young and they see all these influencers who they want to be so they try to become more like them which lead to them putting excessive amount of skincare on their face that will probably worsen their skin as they get older.

and then there's the problem that most people can't even watch a whole movie without checking their phones every 10 min or so. I feel like a problem like this should have never existed as it haven't before. but the evolution of phones and the creation of social media has created the need of dopamine through social media.

so yeah thats all i had to say thank you for reading