Social Media Is Causing A Divide In Families Research

Social Media is causing a Divide in Families
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Social Media is causing a Divide in Families
It is an undeniable fact that social media platform such as Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube and Instagram have come with immense benefits to humanity. Connecting with friends, sharing photos and videos; meeting new people and sending messages has never been easier. All a person needs is a reliable internet connection and a source of power and a modern device that can support social media applications and voila! People can take a tour of the world while they sit back, relax and get wowed on your couch. However, basing on observations and evidences, it is justifiable to assert that social media is increasingly causing misunderstanding and divisions in our families.
Quite a number of families are not enjoying the cohesion and stability that they had before the advent of social media. Think about the woman whose chauvinistic womanizer husband has taken his cheating game to social media. He stalks, sexts and chats with other women till the wee hours of the night while his helpless wife endures loneliness. Maybe her situation would not be as bad as it is if there was no social media at all. Put yourself in her shoes just for a moment. It really hurts, doesn’t it?
There are many children out there who are out of touch with their relatives because of social media addiction. Children as young as ten years of age have Facebook and Instagram accounts. They have been alienated to their families and the real world as well as their concentration on their studies as they anxiously keep checking their phones and ...