Most recent public comments by Caitlin Boruszewski https://nowcomment.com/users/44660 https://nowcomment.com/documents/111907?scroll_to=1104809 https://nowcomment.com/documents/111907?scroll_to=1104809 Yes! My dad is constantly berating my mom and I for not "truly spending time together" because we will be on our phones while sitting in the living room, but he does the same thing to us. I don't understand how he can't see that he is "ignoring" us in the same way he says that we "ignore" him. Tue, 18 Sep 2018 21:39:54 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/111907?scroll_to=1096884 https://nowcomment.com/documents/111907?scroll_to=1096884 The overall advice that this article gives parents (encouraging their kids, not forcing anything too much, dually accepting less screen time, etc.) is amazing and sets good examples for parents, but the article itself only puts across that social media is bad and shouldn't be used. These simultaneous messages were difficult to follow, and didn't reflect on each other. It was confusing, but I do think that the ending message of support is a good way to end the article, because if the parents take anything away it'll hopefully be that. Sat, 15 Sep 2018 10:35:15 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/111907?scroll_to=1096883 https://nowcomment.com/documents/111907?scroll_to=1096883 I think this is where a lot of the issue with screen-time comes in, because most parents complain about their children's amount of time online, but then spend hours and hours in front of the TV or smartphone. I speak from personal experience when I say that my dad is constantly berating my mom and I for spending too much time on our phones, but then lays around watching television and even on his phone without even acknowledging us. With that, the article makes a good point that if a rule of limited phone time is set in place, then everyone in the house should follow it. Sat, 15 Sep 2018 10:26:15 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/111907?scroll_to=1096882 https://nowcomment.com/documents/111907?scroll_to=1096882 I was thinking the same exact thing!! This article hones in on the positive aspects and twists them into a negative light that makes you never want to associate with social media again. In reality, social media can help people connect and share, despite the negativity surrounding it. Sat, 15 Sep 2018 10:10:31 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/111907?scroll_to=1096880 https://nowcomment.com/documents/111907?scroll_to=1096880 While discussing the positive lights of social media, the video supplies a solemn, almost saddening tone, which didn't really fit the way the kids were talking about their social media experiences. They were truly giving out the greater aspects of social media, like being able to communicate with friends, sharing creative writing and art, and discussing topics with like-minded people! But the video turns this around to be almost negative in tone, which makes you wonder if there is some kind of bias behind the creators of the video, not simply trying to inform, but also prohibit. Sat, 15 Sep 2018 12:39:53 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/111907?scroll_to=1096878 https://nowcomment.com/documents/111907?scroll_to=1096878 Listening to the kids and teens in this video say that they wouldn't want their parents to see the kind of stuff they've seen on social media (hate speech, bullying, etc.), it doesn't really take into account the fact that that kind of talk was already happening IN school, face-to-face, no filters added. I know that there are a ton of other factors to take into account (how far it reaches, reputations ruined, etc.), but for them to denote social media on those grounds is ridiculous to me. You can't use exposure to topics as ground for an argument when, in reality, these kids would have been exposed to those kinds of topics regardless. Sat, 15 Sep 2018 10:10:31 -0400