I'm Worried About How Social Media is Impacting Our Kids | Dad University

0:00 I asked he'd been a teacher for twenty years in high school he's still a teacher he said what's the difference and he said the biggest difference is it is so hard to entertain the kids and keep them engaged it really is difficult to be a child growing up now with the attention span that you like they display you know the idea that they

0:30 can't go I mean adults can't either we can't go five minutes like sitting in a line of the checkout or in a bank or you know if people even still wait in lines and banks but you know just the idea of waiting any sort of time and not checking our phone or being oh you know what I could catch a YouTube video right now let me see what's on the news or let me look at Facebook like you know

0:51 sitting in silence is not even it's it's unheard of it now you know and so I think the kids - I mean their feedback is immediate I I just had a teacher the other day I was talking to him he said I asked he'd been a teacher for 20 years in high school he's still a teacher said what's the difference and he said the biggest difference is it is so hard to entertain the kids and keep them engaged

1:17 it is what used to be you know I used to do some games and I liked it nowadays I it doesn't work we have to go over the top we have to switch things all the time he said they came up to me after a test literally handed in their test and said what was my score so you know the feedback expectation is like no other shouldn't that be digital I should get my like my information right away like

1:42 what happened like what's my test score you know he's like no you can at least wait til the end of the day you know like whereas we would say Oh we'll get it on Tuesday you know so I think this like expectation with kids their times like that it's just gone crazy and it's hard it's really really hard I I don't see that as a benefit where you know I certainly can appreciate some social things for what they are and you know I

2:12 wouldn't be doing what I'm doing without social media it's an important part of me getting out information but I I'm worried about it too you know I'm worried about how it is impacting children and impacting adults and it's it's not for me there's more negative than good because of just how people use it not because what it is you know hey guys hope you enjoyed that clip if you want more just like it be sure to

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