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From the blog Middle Class Tech Social Media’s anti-Socialization Myth

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Many people like to tout the idea that social media and virtual online communities are detrimental to the face-to-face socialization skills of our children. In this slideshow, technical author Curt Robbins debunks this myth, citing how services like Facebook, Kik, Vine, and Instagram can actually enhance the social skills of today's youth. Before you assume that social media is harming your children, consider this perspective.

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Page 1: Social Media's Anti-Socialization Myth

From the blog

Middle Class Tech

Social Media’s

anti-Socialization

Myth

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During a kitchen table conversation

regarding the effect of internet-connected mobile devices and social

media on the six grandchildren

in her house

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…my mother-in-law asserted that

these elements were detrimental

to the face-to-face socialization

opportunities and practices of the ten to fourteen-

year-olds scurrying around her

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She was concerned about the amount of

time they were spending using their

iPod Touches and iPads to engage in social media using services like Snapchat,

Instagram, Kik, and Vine

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I've heard this perspective

shared by others—often older folks or

those who engage with

technology less than the

average person

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Many simply don't share the

wanderlust of modern

millennials toward their back pocket devices and

wi-fi-connected touchscreens

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It's an attitude and fear that is

increasingly pervasive among

paranoid helicopter

parents and those who spent the bulk of their

lives without this technology

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Unfortunately, ignorance

breeds fear

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Myriad online virtual communities

are not corrupting the social skills

and manners of our children;

I contend that they are

enhancing these skills

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Before you call BS, let me

explain

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Via school, marching band,

volunteer activities, neighborhood

friends, shopping, the library, etc,

the average middle-class child

gets plenty of face-to-face socialization

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Instead of replacing in-person

interactions, mobile

device-based social media

are

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actually supplementing

them

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We're augmenting what we've

always done as humans

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We're still sitting around

camp fires telling scary

stories

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But we're now also telling

those stories on Tumblr, Facebook,

WordPress, and Twitter

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My 13-year-old daughter can

slam out text on her iPod Touch faster than any

human I've witnessed

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But this mastery doesn't

come cheap

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This girl has spent

much time locked into her mobile

device

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Sucking down virtual

companionship and cultural enrichment

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Considering the huge investment

of time and effort she's

made in these app-based

networking services

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Are my daughter‘s social skills

lacking?

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Hardly—

she's probably the most

social member

of my family

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She has twice the social skills of some Amish

kid cruelly deprived of technology

and modern social media

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All without negatively

affecting her grades or volunteer activities

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Not only does social media

not put a ding in the real-world

social skills of these kids

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Social media often directly enhances the

social skills of children

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The virtual social media world feeds

our "face-to-face" reality

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And vice

versa

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Ignoring such a detailed

dynamic gets a Luddite

button pinned to

your chest

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Some kids are really

social

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It will show in both

their physical

and virtual social worlds

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Which will surely

interact

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Other kids are shy or

introverted

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A virtual or social media-based

existence allows those who

may lack self-confidence

to engage with likeminded

others

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Interactions possibly too intimidating if performed face-to-face

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Working with social media

"training wheels" may actually help

young people engage in

real life

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Proving to them that they can

successfully conduct and gain

enrichment from interactions

with others

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Having options is

good

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Today, our kids have more varied

and dynamic social

opportunities than at any time in the

history of humans

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Our children's socialization

skills are surely critical as they

mature

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Is negatively criticizing young

people for harnessing

social media to interact

and share ideas

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Across borders, cultures,

and stigmas

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Really the approach we want to take?

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The author kindly requests

that you check out

Home Theater

for the Internet Age

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Other Books by Curt Robbins

Understanding Personal Data Security

Understanding Digital Music

Understanding Cutting the Cord

Understanding Home Theater

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About Curt Robbins

Blog: Middle Class Tech

Flipboard magazine: Middle Class Tech

Twitter: @CurtRobbins