In “New Facebook App for Children Ignites1 Debate Among Families,” Mike Isaac and Natasha Singer write: Few big technology companies have dared to create online products for boys and gir
Trang 103 How Young Is Too Young to Use Social Media?
If so, what apps do you use? How old were you when you
started using them? Why did you choose to join? Were your
parents involved in your decision?
If not, why have you chosen not to use social media?
In “New Facebook App for Children Ignites1 Debate Among
Families,” Mike Isaac and Natasha Singer write:
Few big technology companies have dared to create online
products for boys and girls ages 13 and under
But on Monday, Facebook introduced an app, called
Messenger Kids, that is targeted at that age group and asks parents
to give their approval2 so children can message, add filters and
doodle on photos they send to one another It is a bet that the app
can introduce a new generation of users to the Silicon Valley
giant’s ever-expanding social media universe
In doing so, Facebook immediately reignited a furious debate
about how young is too young for children to use mobile apps and
how parents should deal with the steady creep of technology into
family life, especially as some fight to reduce the amount of time
their sons and daughters spend in front of screens On one side are
parents like Matt Quirion of Washington, who said Facebook’s
snaking its way into his children’s lives at an early age would most
likely do more harm than good
“I’m an avid3 social media user, but I don’t feel my kids need
more social interaction4,” said Mr Quirion, 39, whose three
children are between ages 3 and 9 “They need their personal time
to process all the social interaction and learn to grow into mature5
people.”
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Trang 2Just as vocal are parents like Parker Thompson of Alameda,
Calif., who said children’s adoption of technology is an
new app
“Today, much of the time our options come down to giving
kids devices7 and trusting things will work out, watching them
closely at all times, or banning technology,” said Mr Thompson,
38, a father of three children between 6 months to 8 years old
“Tech is going to be something kids adopt8 The question is how
this will happen.”
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Questions:
1 In your opinion, how young is too young
to use social media?
2 What are some of the drawbacks and
benefits of introducing technology at an
early age? Does it interfere9 with family
life and children’s personal time to
process social interactions and get to
know themselves? Or does it help young
children connect with others and learn to
use social media safely in a controlled
environment?
3 Over all, do you think apps like
Facebook’s Messenger Kids will do more
harm or good?
4 — Should parents be worried about their
children’s privacy10 and the way Facebook
may collect and use data from the app? Do
you think Facebook is acting in the best
interests of children? Or itself?
Comments:
I honestly feel like ages 12 and down should not use social media Probably from age 13 too because kids shouldn't be on social media at this age They don't know the responsibility and consequences of having social media In my perspective I don't think they know the dangers of putting themselves out there in the world of social media
The dangers of having themselves exposed there is that there may be stalkers
or people that take their mage and put it on
an inappropriate website Not only that it won't show kids that they need to interact with people instead of just talking to someone through a screen They need time
to live their childhood before they lock themselves in a world where they isolate themselves from other people and stay staring at a screen
Trang 3Useful Vocabulary:
1) Ignite (v) /ɪɡˈnaɪt/ :
To cause a dangerous,
excited or angry situation
to begin ( khơi dậy, khơi
mào)
2) Avid (adj) /ˈæv.ɪd/ :
Extremely eager or
interested (cực kỳ hang
hái/hứng thú)
3) Inevitability (n)
/in,evitə'biliti/: the fact of
being certain to happen
and unable to be avoided
or prevented (điều không
thể tránh được/chắc chắn
xảy ra)
4) Approval (n) /ə'pru:vəl/: the act or state
of agreeing to or being pleased with a person or thing (sự tán thành, chấp thuận)
5) Interaction (n) /intər'æk∫n/: an occasion when two or more people
or things communicate with or react to each other (tương tác)
6) Mature (adj) /məˈtʃʊər/: like an adult (trưởng thành)
7) Device (n) /di'vais/: an object or machine that has been invented for a particular purpose (thiết bị)
8) Adopt (v) /ə'dɔpt/: to accept or to start using something new (chấp nhận/bắt đầu sử dụng) 9) Interfere (v) /intə'fiə/: to involve in a situation without being needed (can thiệp/gây trở ngại)
10) Privacy (n) /‘privəsi/: someone's right to keep their personal matters and
relationships secret (quyền riêng tư)
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