Emojis ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ ๐ณ ๐ญ
- Latonya S. & Kalฤฑn ๐
- Jul 17, 2019
- 1 min read

The 21st Century Teen face emotional battles that the 20th Century Teen never had to face ๐. For example, if someone at school started a rumor about you in 1996 ๐, the only people who knew were school mates and the possible friends and teacher/coach of the gossiper ๐ (BTW, we had landline phones and beepers back then ๐ณ). Fast forward to 2019, when someone gossips, that rumor is spread to the world through social media and the world can now judge you ๐ฉ.
Kalin's point, "I feel like teens feel like they can't speak up without being judged ๐ง or looked at differently."
The judgement and pressure teens feel today is not only peer based, but pressure ๐ฅบ ๐ is coming from parents, school, family, community and now social media, contributing to depression and fatal coping methods ๐ฑ ๐ข. We are losing healthy, positive child-adult attachment and communication (positive child-adult interaction = ๐ฅฐ).
Remember to ๐ค ๐ โ๏ธ and โค๏ธ our youth. Later, you will reap the ๐๐.
(Period!) ๐
Reference: https://childmind.org/article/is-social-media-use-causing-depression/
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