Age and Social Media

 What age do you think is appropriate to start social media for kids? What are the advantages and/or risks to that age? Why do you feel this way?

    I think that kids shouldn't have social media until they are at least in highschool, however, there is never going to be a sure way for us to monitor how old they are and if they're being truthful about their age. The advantages of social media for the youth would be finding communities and building more connections as well as being able to use that platform to be passionate about what they believe in. The major risks about social media are the negative comments, people are going to find any reason to tear someone down and they will most definitely use an identity they can hide behind to do so. Another thing would be the dangers of predators, you don't REALLY know who is behind that account that you talking to unless you already had known them in real life. Anybody can pretend to be anyone so you never really know and you can put yourself in a very dangerous situation.