Little to none...just call or text (maybe). Unfortunately, it will only get worse. The ones whose parents allow limited access to social media, will be ridiculed and bullied, especially by their peers on social media. It's a sad, sad world we live in.
Caitlin - one of my best friends is a major journalist who has written about social media and its negative impacts and clear dangers for children. I’m sure he would be willing to do an interview with you for your channel. He wrote a book about Facebook/Meta that was published in November. I’ll reach out directly to you.
I usually dress in gothic fashion which I show no skin and don’t wear tight clothes, I’m pretty young and putting myself out there like that I feel personally would make me feel bad
I’ve noticed they no longer have kids clothes. Just smaller sizes of adult styles! We used to have corny princess or dinosaur shirts! Now they go from playing with toys straight to tiktok and wanting social media clout, zero tween zone. Nothing makes me more uncomfortable then seeing a CHILD in the same outfits my bf wears! Weird!
There is however oversized and baggy clothes and there is basics clothes which my daughter wears, we homeschool our kids as kids in school are being taught utter cr*p and an agenda is being pushed from both teachers and peers, the homeschool community we are in has all different age groups at meet ups so our kids are dressed more appropriately then these girls in this video
So sad! I think the “cringey” clothes we used to wear back in the day helped us grow more mature, like we gradually became more mature with our style. Tweens nowadays go from galaxy shirts to crop tops…
@InaraLxx exactly we were all wearing galaxy shirts and backpacks with our favorite tv show or whatnot. these kids are now wearing stuff that are immodest even for later ages.
i'm 12 and i do really stoopid stuff like watch eddsworld (ma FAVE series!!) n play with barbies :P honestly all the people i know that go to the same middle school as me all wear flawless makeup, have little dresses n they all bully me for not being like them bc they have ALL been in a relationship and theres just me being a single pringle and they all call me ugly and bully me for not being like them :-((( i just wanna be myself and be an awkard little 12 year old gurlie and STILL watch my favorite series and play with my dolls should i TRY being more like dem or what do i doooooooo?????? PLS ANSWERRRRRR itz urgenttttt!!!!!
I'm a teenage girl the pressure to look "sexy" is intense, I was made fun of for wearing oversize clothing on a casual clothes day (baggy clothes are popular, I think, but my clothes were apparently 'unfashionable') like I'm young and I don't want to have to worry abt fashion and looking "hot and attractive" before I reach 18. Whenever I've told my friends about my parents and how they don't let me use social media like TT they always call my parents "overprotective" or "really strict" but I just know that they're keeping me safe (never thought I'd prove my mum right) .
Way to go, you're not missing out on anything and the fact that you can withhold peer pressure when it comes to dressing the way you want shows you probably have a lot of inner confidence and strength (even though I'm sure it can often feel like that's not the case, haha). I'm sure it will serve you well in your life. Wishing you all the best!
When I was your age (now I'm 32) it was actually very cool to stand out. We used to DIY a lot. Nowadays it's not cool anymore. Be true to yourself no matter what. Think for yourself, I guarantee you, these people criticising you aren't going to help you anywhere anytime by any means, they have zero interest in your problems. Just being confident in your oversized clothes will do. At the end of the day, we came to this world to enjoy our lives, didn't we?
As a complete stranger I’m so unbelievably proud of you. At your age it’s hard to understand that your parents are your biggest supporters and want the best for you. That’s great you understand that. Your friends that are growing up too fast are going to endure things they shouldn’t have to but will because of their choices. You stay strong and be you. ❤
This is why I NEVER let my kids on social media. They're little but I dont plan on getting them phones until much later and when they do, they wont be on tiktok. TT is the demise of our society.
I was concerned about this until i found out about smartphones that work just like regular smartphones but cant be used for social media. My daughter is still a preschooler but time will fly fast and i’ll eventually have to equip her with a working phone 😅 modern problem requires modern solution.
It begins with parents. My husband and I had many serious talks with our now 18 year old daughter about posting online. My husband works in tech security and emphasized that these pics never go away, even if you delete. It can affect college applications and getting hired….it can haunt you forever. She got the message. AI is what is currently freaking me out. Your face can be added to ANY image. If a person cannot post a regular picture without somebody taking their face and creating disturbing images, does social media have a future?
Oh shoot really? I have never posted any inappropriate photos but I did delete some photos I don’t reasonate with anymore and somehow they will never get deleted? :(
@@kimhuynh1225 Pages get cached on sites like wayback machine or in google's searches. Guessing by your comment you're a young person - please be careful & responsible out there. I totally get the irony and humor of saying this in a UA-cam comment section, but the world is a much better and nicer place offline.
That happened to me in highschool before AI was even popular. Someone on Facebook took my face and put it on a p*rnstar. Then they were threatening me to show them nudes or else they'd share it. It was really weird. I just blocked them. This was probably like 14 years ago.
I view AI as a good thing, because if something ever gets leaked (which shouldn't exist in the first place but that's besides the point) you can just claim it's AI
@@doorsfan173those sites don't always get cached though. I look for fan art from accounts that have since long been deleted and way back machine is useless. In order for something to still be able to be dug up youd need to make sure someone cached it (not likely if you're an average person) and someone determined enough to dig it up (again not likely). At least as far as I know. Still recommend not posting anything too private on the internet of couy
My 13 year old niece is addicted to tiktok, taking selfies, using filters, and has a collection of beauty products. It really bothers me but she’s not my child and I can’t do anything about it. I recently had to block a perv who was messaging me disturbing things and asked for photos of my niece 🤢 it’s a sick world
Same here. My niece is turning 15 this month and has been on Tiktok since it became a thing. She (along with her friends) are constantly posting videos when they aren't looking at videos on Tiktok. She is a good kid, but don't know how the long term affects will affect her still impressionable mind. I'm not even privy to the freaks who are looking and maybe DMing her too.
@@nicolenotizieeamici my sister already struggles with her since she hit puberty and is heavily influenced by her friends 😔 she monitors her social media accounts, but I still don’t like how kids these days try to look like adults. She has a full skin care routine and so many makeup products…
I took sexy photos on my flip phone when i was young and my Mom almost killed me she was so mad. She threatened to call the police on me for CP. I didnt understand at the time that it was CP. I finally understood after her getting so mad at me. We had the talk about taking certain photo's and how they are forever.
My parents didn't let me have a smart phone or social media when I was in high school (2011-2015). I got a "dumb" phone only when I started driving at 17. At the time I thought it was "sooooooooo unfair" and ridiculous. Probably one of the best things that happened in my life. Having parents who were on the stricter side has been the biggest blessing.
I can tell that you appreciate what your parents did for you. The fact that you're able to appreciate it is probably down to the fact that they did that.
@@gustavus0013 There wasn't really a need to contact my parents when I wasn't with them. For most sporting events, hanging out with friends, jobs, volunteering etc. my parents would know where I was going and when I would be coming back or when they would need to pick me up and they would just arrive at the agreed upon location and time (or I would already have planned a ride back with friends, or was within walking distance). Ex. if I was going to the park I would just tell my parents, leave and then come home before dinner (or whatever required family event we had that day- which I would already know about). The constant communication when not with someone is a new feature of life. It makes some things more conveinent, but it isn't required. Cancel Reply
Coz they not, duh There was no proof even once that at least some one in the video was underage, only old fashioned "trust me bruh" and "I`m old cat lady I see things like that"
@@Sneaky_Basket I see them ALL the time on Instagram, absolutely disgusting pedos and the fact that you believe it's not happening means you should have your electronics checked 🤢🤢
I have an 11 year old daughter and it is honestly so hard to keep all these apps away. We have bans across all social media, but things still get through. Many tic toc videos are available within UA-cam shorts, there's chat functions in Roblox! How can we teach our kids to respect their bodies when things like only fans exist, these girls making 100s of 1000s for "dancing" and writing it off as being confident and loving their body...it's a really hard balance of trying to teach them the right way and then becoming the enemy because they are the only kid at the school without a tic toc account. We recently moved to Kangaroo Island, remote, and honestly it's like going back 20 years, no ipads at schools, weekend sports are the pillar of the community. It's a breath of fresh air. It's a crazy crazy world!
I just wanted to add as well - in response to the men's commenting etc - these young girls are presenting mature content, without the maturity to handle it. They are simply not aware of the dark side of these situations. I spoke with my daughter about these kinds of potential situatiins, and she hand on her heart could not comprehend why these people that were commenting were not her "real" friends and may have alterior motives...I do think everyone shares a little bit of responsibility, but ultimately (imo) it's the parents that need to be "the bad guys" in order to protect their kids.
@@Foxie770u can't just do tht. We live in an information era. Computers and phones r needed. Once u hit 10, u r allowed to hv a computer or access to it
As a 14 year old, replying to what you said that’s horrible parenting. Communicate with your child about what is right and wrong, kids that age are curious and have tendencies to be persuaded easily by friends. She will find a way to experience social media whether you allow her or not and the worst part is she won’t tell you cause you aren’t someone who understands her. The most effective solution is to speak to her about the bad sides of social media and letting her have her devices back while managing her accounts so you can keep an eye on her. Of course dont let her have tiktok or instagram she is definitely too young for that but at least let her play roblox, cause in roblox you cant delete chats so you’ll be able to see all of her chats, there is also and option to close the ability to chat with people completely. As long as you do it right you can let your child have fun and not feel excluded while keeping her safe. From what you said I’m assuming most of her friends and or classmates do have roblox and watch tik toks, if that’s true keeping this type of stuff away from her WILL MAKE HER HATE YOU, she would think the reason she is being left behind socially by her classmates and not able to participate in most conversations (which kids her age talk abt games etc.) would be your fault. She is too young to understand by herself that you are trying to help her SO TELLL HERRR
Literally im a gen alpha (😞) and everyone in my school acts like they are all grown and mature and they literally be vaping in the school bathrooms, shaking their ass in the mirror and sharing it on their snapchat story, and listening to inappropriate podcasts that contain sexual content. This generation is doomed.
Omg this is terrible. I feel sick….social media is truly the decline of humanity. But the worst part is that it can’t be stopped. It is always going to be a permanent part of humanity. We can’t go back, at least not collectively. It’s truly disturbing. I was born in 1998 and I’m 25 years old and I can’t even imagine growing up with social media my entire childhood & teenage hood.
Social media or the parents that allow this? We had social media. Remember MySpace? But it was not what is today because this generations lack of parenting. Lazy parents.
But we did! We had msn, Facebook, 4chan, MySpace, etc it depends on what else is there to suck away your attention, if you don't have good friends or family, or you don't have a community and your environment is bad, it's gonna be a bad time. Might I add that pornhub was a thing in our time 😅 It depends on how it is used, as teens we'd lurk to see and observe and puzzle at why people acted like that. At some point you leave because the environment got toxic, like 4chan, people moved over to Reddit instead. My parents tried to shield us from stuff, but well, they didn't know much about the internet 😅
As someone who has been groomed online as a teen and a survivor of SA this is literally my worst nightmare. I’m so concerned for these young girls and they deserve to be protected from predatory adults. Childhood is so precious and it’s unfortunate to see these young girls letting social media pressure them into looking older than they actually are. I know…every teenager wants to feel mature and all but that doesn’t change their age. They are still minors and minors need more protection from dangerous adults. The parents are the ones who are at fault for not being a parent and protecting their children. It’s the parents responsibility to protect and raise their children. Don’t blame celebrities or influencers for someone else’s bad parenting.
I’m so happy you’re still here with us, even through a tough time, I’m proud of you for staying so strong. Also, I agree, Im so scared for people my age, both male and female, that are engaging in activity like the stuff in this video. This stuff is serious but it doesn’t seem these young girls care. I really hope we can fix this
As a person who was given unsupervised internet access as a child, it absolutely ruined me. Short story short I did underage sex work on sites i shouldnt have been on and me being young and illegal was the literal selling point drawing men in wanting to buy my shit. I ended up getting kidnapped. For the love of God, parents, protect your children. Social media is devastating to a young mind that is so vunerable and sensory seeking. If you dont think its your child, trust me it could be. I would always delete everything before my mom checked my phone, had secret app galleries.. she never found out till I was kidnapped.
Coming from a 13yr, my classmates honestly scare me. They speak about and do inappropriate things online and irl. They bully people for literally anything, most of them can’t read properly and can’t spell. It worries me for my future.
40-year-old woman here. I'm watching these clips and I'm just... disgusted and heartbroken. These poor girls! I've got a 14-year-old niece and her parents banned TikTok and most other social media for her, and I know she was unhappy about it, but I have never agreed with my brother as much as when he and his wife made that decision. She was still exposed to all of it enough that, at 12, she told me she wanted plastic surgery (she wanted to look more like the K-pop stars)! Her face had barely even started growing into its adult shape!
I am the parent of a tween daughter. She is still an awkward half child half teen. My kids are not allowed on social media. The idea of grown men looking at my daughter like that is gross.
I am a millennial and my mother used to tell me when I was a teenager, 'enjoy being young. Enjoy being a CHILD. You are going to be this young for only a short time but you will be an adult until you are old and grey. Don't rush it, enjoy it!' So glad I listened to her! I didn't date in highschool, never went to any wild parties, never tried smoking and alcohol. I dressed BEAUTIFULLY without showing any boobs. I literally played outside, skipping and playing netball with my other young peers until I was a senior in highschool, even when I was about to graduate 😂😂😂 I had so much fun! Now, as I have become a full grown woman, 31 and engaged, most people don't believe how old I am. Keeping young at heart and mind has kept me fresh. It saved my innocence and protected me from adult trauma which makes kids nowadays look old. I am so thankful! 😊
Somehow when I voice my concerns in mom groups, *I’m* sexualizing my daughter when all I’m saying is this stuff is not appropriate. Edit: I agree we shouldn't be in excess policing our daughters more than our sons, and tank tops in summer is ok. At what point does it do a full 180 though and you end up with stuff like this? In my house, no crop tops. Legging have to cover your butt. Natural makeup is fine, healthy and clean hygiene is always number one. And you dont need a stanley. The cup dadd brought home free form work is just fine.
You're in the minority and your healthy views mean more work for the parents and parents don't want more work but less and they don't want to be in the minority so they go with the flow and shame you for pointing out that parents need to do better, they don't want to hear it, they want more me time and they are fine with daycare, school and iPad raising their kids
Obviously, this is not an issue for boys. Most boys don't have any interest in going on Tik Tok and dancing around in skimpy outfits. Social media is much more of an issue for girls, because of how socially motivated they are. Why do we have to make a controversy out of the simple fact that boys and girls are different and not interchangeable?
I suggest dumping the group and going your own way. The argument they use is mental gymnastics. A knee jerky, fake intellectual response because they don't understand critical thinking. People like that take wisdom and reason as a personal attack instead of what it is: Wisdom and reason. They'll learn when their kids grow up and hate them.
No the reason why boys don't engage in such degen behavior is because they get taught what accountability and responsibility are from the day they are born and what the punishments are for degen behavior. Girls however are not, in fact they applauded constantly and applaud eachother for it. They even get awarded for it in short term. But the punishment comes much later, but by then they don't know why it is and how it came to be (Not able to find a good man or be happy in a relationship). So of course they blame men for it, not themselves which is all cycling back to accountability. If you're a man and dare to criticize them on their degen? You are a toxic man! That is toxic masculinity! You are trying to control wmn! HOW DARE YOU! That is harassment. Women are victims of men! Bodily autonomy? Schrodingers feminists are at the same time an empowered go-getter-queen-who-dont-need-no-man-and-can-do-anything victim-of-the-patriarchy, and depending on the situation she picks which of the two benefits her the most. Take TokkieTok/social media out of the equation. Even before it they behaved like this, but it was less wide spread. Remember MTV and those reality programs. Social media is definitely a catalyst.
I remember when I was ages from 14 to 16 trying to rush into being a woman. I look back now and wish I enjoyed my youth more. I never had social media and glad I never did. These young girls will hopefully grow out of this phase.
I am now feeling the need to be younger at an age where Im supposed to be grown up. Back when I was 14-16 I was proud of knowing too much and now I wish I could enjoy being a child. This was when Facebook and YT were young and couldn’t wait to be 13 to get the access. Quite a few people also lied about their age (they were between 10-12 year olds). This was about 15 years ago. I think the kids, especially teenagers always are in a rush to grow up despite what generation they grow up in.
me too but i don’t blame myself for it i’ve always been treated and mistook for way younger than i actually am u can’t blame children for not wanting to be infantilized
that is wishful thinking, does that mother posing with her daughter look like she ha grown out of it - in reality they are actually graduating to Only Fans
They’ll be on OF the second they turn 18. It’s how they’re being raised and what they’re being taught in school and out. They can make money by just posting pictures, it’s the gen z/alpha dream these days to be the next influencer whether that be on UA-cam or OF because it’s an easy way to make millions of you actually make it.
@@roboteenand red pill content made by older men inviting OF girls, degrading them essentially whilst also saying harmful things about all women and the younger generation of boys have begun to adopt that ideology, with the younger generation of girls only being exposed to the careers of OF & influencers which grants more societal points in comparison to other careers. It’s not “cool”
Because they get it from social media and can skip that completely you can create any type of personality through hobbies and that’s what they become nothing different from anyone else
Today, I saw a little girl, and I mean like 6 years old; holding her dads hand so adorable. Then, in her other hand, she had Stanley Cup. The cup was almost bigger than her. It's not the same thing you are talking about in the video, but it's still strange and sad.
It’s not sad..yes stanley cups are ridiculously expensive but it’s nothing compared to sexualizing yourself and showing your body on social media at a young age.
As a13 year old, i wanted to say... i have different hobbies like, drawing, reading, braiding, and playing piano and violin, and in general, i watch shows for me like hello kitty (Sanrio), she-rah, the owl house, the tangled series, plus my mother always gives me clothes my age very colorful, and with writing and pictures on it (like-- ''My Vibe'' with a sun on it) Kpop (Little Glee Monster) and Jpop music (ITZY, BlackPink) But seeing girls around my age wearing suggestive clothing and listening to suggestive songs is kind of crazy and scary they can be found by any predatory men (or women) I'm actually thankful my mother and father raised me like i am now and made me be like a dumb, silly stupid 13 year old girl i am now and i think I'm gonna stay like this unless i mature more in the future but i think it is kind of sad girls around my age are in mature and suggestive clothing it shows they want to destroy their younghood their girlhood it. is. very. VERY. BLOODY! SAD! (i pray they are gonna be okay I swear)
we have to keep you safe from the rest of the world! you are a part of the future's only hope XD Btw, cool art if that's yours. Anyway, have a good day lol
Taking responsibility as a parent / guardian and being aware of what your kids are doing online is a much better solution than blaming tiktok/social media
Honestly, these social media CEO hearings are strange to me. I think it's the parents' responsibility to check what their children are up to online not the corporations. If you consider social media a digital public space privately held, it's comparable to a mall. Would you let them go there by themselves in a lingerie outfit?
I quite agree. It’s still 90% the parents’ responsibilities. However, the rest 10%, I think social media’s age restriction need to be increased to maybe 16. It’s “just” a few years different but that few years is quite crucial too. Plus with the ai and algorithm technology, would be amazing if the social media companies could implement “better” censoring.
I agree in part, but even with radio and television, we regulated how those modes of communication could behave towards kids. We just take that for granted since most of us weren't alive when those debates were being had. Teen depression, anxiety, self-harm has risen in kind with the prevalence of social media. When nefarious practices were levied against kids of generations past, our lawmakers did their jobs. Now, they just grandstand at the CEOs instead of getting a legislation passed, and they even acknowledge that it's the power of lobbyists. We won't be able to just transpose the FCC's regulations to protect kids onto social media because it's structurally so different, but we literally could not be doing less than we are right now. This unmitigated social experiment we've allowed to go on for over a decade and a half is going to be looked at as a massive failing in a century's time (if we can get our act together).
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. That’s my thoughts exactly. Anyone who disagree with you are part of the problem. We had social media before and was nothing like this. Is the lack of parenting or parents want to monetize their kids. Simple as that,
Parents definitely need to do better but let's not make excuses for the sick billionaires profiting off of exploitation, they have more than enough money to put together teams and programs to end it if they really wanted to.
Hi from Germany! there's one famous teen TikTok in Germany supported by her mother, she started when she was 14 and exactly behaving and dressing like an adult and most of her fans are acting like her now, and the ones dressing like real teens got bullied and feeling uncool if the parents are trying to protect them to not acting like that. it is a real nightmare becoming parent nowadays.
Worst thing is, I'm close to 18, and I feel like the pressure never stops. I'm glad I ended up in this part of youtube and that I follow creators that are able to slap in my face that the awkward teenage phase *was* and *is* normal, because I literally felt so "left out" when I was younger. I was the awkward kid, and I always felt bad when I wasn't able (again, because it was... uncomfortable?? I guess. I thank my parents for warning me about the internet and making me mindful) to flaunt myself and show videos and pictures of me in the clothes my peers were wearing. I'm growing out of it, I don't feel the need to post tiktoks or pictures every other day and, honestly, I'm more than happy like this. It just saddens me now to see girls younger than me acting like this. What has the world done to its kids?
The young girls clearly want attention, and in their nativity don’t realise the creeps out there, and how their posts are being used. Where are the parents!
Growing up I knew about those creeps, I knew what they were doing; It’s more that I just didn’t care because I didn’t have many positive male role models that showed me appropriate attention, so I was looking for it any way I could get it.
@@kathleenking47 ANY parent, it doesn't matter the gender of the parent. And quite frankly most of these kids have responsible parents but it's literally impossible (and not morally right) to monitor your children 24/7. At some point they're going to be influenced by a trend, or a friend who was etc. It's on you as a parent to teach them right from wrong so they know how to deal with any situation. Trying to deal with individual situations is pointless. Either you've raised your kids with a good head on their shoulders or you haven't. I didn't need to be monitored or banned from going to chat rooms or doing anything, my mom was well aware I was knowledgeble enough to never meet someone from online because she raised me correctly.
They know there's creeps out there. It's what they want. I was also a hoe online as a teenager and they know what they're doing. My mom would never support it but I still did it behind her back. Girls are just awful and attention seeking
I was taking sexy pictures in my underwear (some of which were nearly-new lingerie pieces that my mom would be decluttering and would let me save from the garbage) at the age of 12 and 13, in 1999-2001. I sent them off to be developed (because this was pre-digital) and never got them back. I was cutting off my tank tops to turn them into bras, and cutting off my jeans to turn them into Daisy Dukes, in 4th and 5th grade. So it's definitely not new. I'm sooooo thankful that social media didn't exist then. I would have gotten myself in a lot more trouble than I did in the search for validation and praise.
Some of these parents are really oblivious or straight up conscious of what their kid's do, and they don't care. I've witnessed firsthand with my cousin the consequences of this type of parenting. My cousin basically got pregnant before finishing high school, in which she was seen as an unruly student and got into an abusive relationship. I now have a cousin's daughter who behaves pretty much the same as this girls, she's only 14, but she looks like a 18 year old at least by the way she dresses and presents herself. Even her grandma, who is very liberated by the way, believes that her daughter is committing mistakes in her parenting, giving the girl so much independence without consequences.
As an older millennial, I'm not part of the TikTok world (I've never used it, and don't plan to, because I can see the toxicity of it) and I'm childfree, so I'm thankfully not personally involved. I still watch these essays and many others about the state of the younger generations as I find humans fascinating in general. This may come across as a very cynical view, but I personally don't have much hope. It's a bit like the obesity epidemic across the world - the Western world has become so reliant on ultra-processed food (and social media) that I can't see a way back to a simpler, healthier life. This is the ugly reality of capitalism unless we have a societal epiphany, nothing will change; I'm not putting my money on a societal shift away from Social Media any time soon - not while we still think it's acceptable for billionaires to exist. This individualist model isn't going anywhere, sadly.
As a parent I agree to many parent's either should not have had kids or should do a better job of being a parent, I also refuse the tiktok app as it is toxic, my kids are only allowed youtube and I can view all their history take matters into my own hands when it comes to online controls, I have a joined family account to anything my kids are on and can shut it down at any time there is any inappropriate activity cause as a patent it is my job to be my child's protection
Let me guess, the answer is communism right? Capitalism doesn't cause the problems you're talking about, it's corruption that causes the problems that you're talking about.
@@leapingdeer7880 YT is really not that much different than tiktok. In fact I've seen far more graphic things on YT than tiktok, like it's not even close. Hell just last week I saw a video of a dude spreading open his azz with his balls and cock hanging down on YT. Was the video hilarious? Yes. But was it something I'd want my 13 year old to see? No lol
I am an educator. School boards are moving towards banning mobile phones in the classrooms in Canada. We have seen a rise in mental health and diminishing attention spans. It begins in the home with proper monitoring. However, not everything can be controlled. Parent(s)/guardian(s) are often not aware of everything their children are doing, so I want to cut them a little slack. Yet, we are finding that this behaviour is becoming a "societal norm", which makes it even harder on a parent/guardian. I report every child under 18 on social media, regardless of the post. No child should be shown on any platform. It is extremely dangerous. In the past children were seen as mini adults. After, the government implemented education programs and coined the term, " age of innocence," to get them out of factories and into school. Now, the government will have to step in again because children are being hypersexualized and families are running out of tools to keep them off the internet. We as a society need to let governments know that we need stronger regulations because we are warping the brains of our children.
Depending on the government to do something is very sad and wishful thinking. When has a government coming to help, actually benefitted people? It's usually not helpful and always too little too late. Plus, representatives are making too much money NOT solving problems.
In the uk a lot of primary schools and secondary schools have limitations on phone use or complete phone bans. Unfortunately it doesn’t change anything because it doesn’t take long after school or before to use such social media, they just become sneakier. Young peoples ability to post on the app should’ve been nipped in the bud, including now, it’s scary how much worse it gets month after month, instead of tiktok cracking down on it, they are letting it run rampant. Parents obviously have responsibility, not all of these kids have present parents or family, and for those that do but are just not well equipped enough, won’t be able to instantly understand how to enforce digital safety, so with the parents education of such, TikTok can at least crack down in the mean time. TT has so many resources for parents even for general parental controls & internet safety but it’s useless if they can’t enforce their TOS
banning phones in class doesnt do anything, my school had them completely banned but kids would still constantly use them whenever the teachers werent looking . it also just made the kids a lot more violent, and physical fights occured way more often because they didnt have their phones to distract them as much. it also doesnt stop kids from using social media outside of school
It’s not just TikTok. It started with phones too early, then texting, then Instagram, then Snapchat. This has been going on for over 20 years. It’s the parents!
If adults see this why dont the take the phones away? Or limit the phones? The phones are toxic in every single way... I dont understand why we are doing this to our youth.
Amazing as always!🤗 "I can no longer tell the age of the young girls" - sooo true😅 Thanks to them I appear to look much more younger at my 30s than those girls at their 'teenage'
Parents need to educate themselves around social media. They also need to start actually parenting their kids. Great video Caitlynn, this is hopefully a wake up call for someone watching.
Thank you so much for this video! I cannot explain how greatful I am to hear an adult who is willing to pushback and recognise this issue in our society. I am in my mid/late teens and this has largely impacted my mental health and, I know, has also affected many other girls my age. The feeling that our self worth is only based on our appearance is extremely degrading and damaging. It makes us feel invaluable and unwanted if we do not succome to the pressures that weigh on us from society and social media. This issue is extremely disturbing and, in all honesty, it is so perverted the way that young girls and CHILDREN are being sexualised in the media. Again, thank you so much and please keep fighting for us x
It's so heartbreaking to hear that. Most women my age (40) have experienced unwanted sexual advances and pressure to look a certain way, but I thank my lucky stars that I was able to grow up without social media. I wish you a lot of healthy friendships in real life, and a lot of mental support and strength. You sound very self-aware and "society-aware", which I'm sure will help you a lot in dealing with these issues. If it helps at all, it really does get better as you grow in age, maturity, confidence and self-knowledge. At a certain point you just stop giving c**p about what random people think about you. I hope you can get to that point unscathed!
as a 13 years old, what the hell is going on with my generation?? why is everyone so... adult like? not in a "old soul" like, in a actual MATURE ADULT. 14 years old and already acting like a 18 years old. Its actually gross!!
I’m 29 and I struggle to find Jean shorts that are not boot shorts or that are actually size 8 when they say they are 8s. The biggest struggle is finding a cute top that is NOT a crop top and not too low cut. I mean now we are seeing even for teens that the clothing is showing entirely too much skin, even prom dresses are a small top with the entire mid drift showing and a skirt. Schools need to not allow that. Most importantly parents need to parent. Stop trying to be the cool parent that’s a friend and actually parent and set boundaries. Sex trafficking is in the millions and CP is in the billions, your children are susceptible to being taken advantage of being put on the dark web. Parents should do everything to avoid their kids being subjected to that environment.
I'm 32 and I'm so glad my teen years' "social media" was NeoPets, RuneScape, and a very early version of Facebook. I remember wanting to explore 'dressing s*xy' as a teen, but for me it was just playing with an aesthetic (didn't realize I was asexual until my mid-20's). I'm so glad we have no record of that, or at worst maybe two photos of me on Facebook in a borrowed dress that was a bit low-cut at 17 years old. Every few years I look at the generations behind me thinking "thank goodness I didn't have to deal with THAT." It's been getting more like every few weeks lately, tbh.
I’m a 12 yr old girl and I can confirm this is true I usually wear jeans and hoodies or jackets but most people in my middle school wear full blown tank tops, bikinis some wear lingerie and VERY short jeans just to look attractive or catch attention because of TikTok!
I definitely agree. It's always so worrying to me when I see kids on social media. I've heard 15 year old girls casually talk about how they get inappropriate pics sent to them by guys on snapchat. It's concerning that it's becoming so normal. Then there's such high standards of beauty that makes you self conscious of yourself. I really hope there is a way out of the way social media is now.
I'm a teenage and these things really disturb me. I'm not interested in dressing sexy or becoming famous... The bad thing is that at school or in general on the street they point the finger at you if you don't dress in a certain way... I've always liked very baggy clothes but the people kept telling me to change my ways, and that it made me look like a tomboy. Besides it being the parents' fault, I realize that society is ruined nowadays. I really thank my mother so much for not letting me install social media or this type of thing.
Like mother like daughter.I’m not surprised at the one where the mum was the enabler. Not mum shaming but seriously some mothers need to worry abt their kid’s safety instead of tik tok fame or worrying about being their best friend.
The seriousness of this situation will not be fully understood until its too late. It seems people don't have an concept of consequence. Parents who allow their kids to post this content on social media should be charged with child trafficking. Maybe then it will be taken seriously. And I say this as a mother of a 19yr old and a 16yr old. Stop outsourcing your parental responsibility to everyone else.
That is a a great term for what they're doing, outsourcing parenting - counting on daycare, school and iPad to raise their own kids while they have more and more "me" time.
@@AA-iy4gm Uh or because parents have to work their azzes off just to make ends meet these days. The small wage increases we got pale in comparison to the increased amounts of everything around us. It is quite literally impossible to buy even the shttiest house where I live unless you are a literal millionaire. The tiny house I rent on a tiny piece of property is worth 1.7 million if my landlord were to resell now. It's absolute fcking insanity but we have no choice but to work hard all to pay someone else's mortgage or else we are living on the streets. Foreigners came in and scooped up all the housing and land, built sht apartments to stack people like cockroaches and are squeezing the city dry. Also, in many places it's literally illegal to NOT send your kids to school, and even it wasn't it's still ridiculous that you are calling sending a kid to school or daycare "outsourcing parenting". Not every parent is capable of homeschooling etc. I went to daycare and school, had phones and internet access as a very young kid, yet I had no problem not falling into these BS traps set out by companies, perverts etc. You don't need to spend 8 hours a day with your kid to teach them basic things. My mom told me about pedos when I was 4, I suggest every parent start young. Little kids understand a lot more than adults give them credit for.
Caitlin, just the other day, here in the states, these social media CEO"s were testifying before the senate about their practices and it wasn't pretty. The senators laid into the Tik Tok, Meta, and other social media platform CEO"s like there was no tomorrow. Parents of victims boo-ed in the audiance and it was just unpleasant. These CEO's need to pay for the hell they've unleashed. Anything from PDF file stuff to teens buying drugs through Snap. It's disgusting. I hope that congress here lays into them for all their worth and finally passes legislation to protect teens. This is the wild wild west of the internet still but teens are dying and being harmed and it has to stop
I’m 13, and it pains me to say that my first thought when I saw those girls was “I wish I looked like that” I hate social media. It’s ruined not just adolescents, everyone.
GREAT VIDEO - I have 2 children and I think about this a lot. Mine are not teens yet but my son who s 9 has friends that have tik tok already. The issue is even if you manage to keep your own kids off social media until like 15/16 years old ; all the other kids are sharing the videos in school ; in the bus ; at the sport activities with your kids. You can only control what you can control, nonetheless I intend to not let my kids have any social media until the age of 15 or 16 minimum.
That’s true. It frightening. I think of this and it gives me gas honestly 😅. My child is 6, but her growing up in this world makes me want to faint. The only thing we can do is moderating and overseeing and putting up strong boundaries that’s not suffocating. However these other kids are sharing these videos as well. It’s a damn jungle out there!
as someone who posted normal content on instagram not showing my face(Only showing my horse or me riding my horse from my pov) older men assumed I was a girl and send me Dpicks again I didnt show my face or bod(in a non sexual way) till I was 14 maybe. People are disgusting and I think parents allowing kids to present in a sexual way is not okay and they should be educated on the conseqences of that, if they dont control kids social presence the parents should loose custody or something like that.
I have told my family about this, and they dont care... the kids have full access to social media. My family has already seen tragedy and i just dont want to witness anymore. Glad to live far away from them now.
This is absolutely insane.... very scary to know that kids cannot be kids any longer... I do not understand why the parents are not stopping it... 😢 It is going to be worst... hat off Caitlin to tackle this serious issue
i'm 17 years old and the part of my brain that is still underdeveloped sees these girls and thinks and wishes "oh my god I wish I could've been like that or looked like that at those ages" and the other half of my brain that is more adult and developed feels sorry for them and feels grateful that my parents cared and didn't allow me to dress and act in those ways and it makes me scared for those girls who are out here doing these things that have probably no idea or care about the implications of these actions, they probably don't understand or care about how what they are doing now could affect their future and it's so scary to think about the fact that they might not care, and yes while I was younger I did act a bit mature for my age but it was nothing compared to these girls on this video, i still had that awkward phase, i still get acne and i still enjoy kids shows and I'm 17 years old, 18 in sixmonths and not once in my life have I acted this way and that is so sad to think that this is the new norm for girls and it's also scary to think about how as someone older than them, half of me reminisces and wishes I was like that so can you imagine the implication of younger girls 10, 11, 12 and how they would think seeing these girls thinking they need to be like that, I feel so scared for this future generation.
“hI bAbE” disgusting disgusting disgusting, as someone who’s a teen and is friends with teen girls a lot of them say they do it to fit in etc it’s really sad, my 13 year old cousin posts stuff like that never in a million years did I think that’s what she’d be doing in a few years, it’s sickening. No one’s unique either but that’s not the issue. One of my friends who posts random crap and none of the filters she posted something where she was just chilling with friends normal clothes and there were so many weirdos in the comments it’s unreal…. 🤢🤮
Over Covid my 3 teenagers became addicted to their phones. They wanted to stay in their rooms and I noticed a big difference in their personalities!!! I was so scared. I got rid of their phones and got them flip phones.. we haven’t gone back. I believe us as parents need to stop this. Very toxic and dangerous.
If it makes you feel better, I am raising 3 daughters and this has not been my experience. I myself am not on social media after watching Cal Newport’s Ted talk years ago. We as a family focus on the real life in front of us, the beauty and the sadness of every day life. We are grounded in gratitude and I’ll be damned if I’ll let anyone, influencer or big corporation, destroy their authentic self-confidence just to make a buck off them. It helps that as I am in perimenopause I am focused on what a privilege it is to age, ie to still be alive on this planet, since the only true anti-aging product is death.
I honestly couldn’t agree with you more. This is creating more & more little narcissisms in our society. And I’ve started to see how this generation is starting to become affected. My partners niece is 13 and looks about 17 years old I dread to think what men must think or message her with. But she’s so so intelligent naturally and unfortunately she’s been excluded from school she’s not been sent to an alternative school because her behaviour at schools has gotten that bad. And I honestly think it’s down to social media influence. Not her parents fault however they’ve not been monitoring her on social media as much as they should be. It’s a scary scary world we live in. As always thanks for creating this video xx
Well if it makes you feel any better when 13 year olds looked 13 they were still being hit on by men. It's funny that you think they care. If she looks under 18 then they are creeps period, there's no excusing that because "she looks 17".
@@kltil5082 yes I know there’s still creeps out there at any time regardless of how old they look. But it’s still sad I think that young girls are no longer looking & behaving like young girls / kids. They’re growing up way too early.
I'm 11 and I HATE tiktok, I hate all these stupid trends everywhere on tiktok and the stupid "Stanley cup" trends. I'm NOT interested in that stuff AT ALL!😤 It's so Inappropriate what these girls AND boys my age are doing.😕
Thank you for talking about this. I have a couple of thoughts: 1. Where are the parents? & 2. How many of these kids are being trafficked into this content? Also, it’s this content that has normalized p*dos. It’s all grotesque. & no. No social media for children until they’re out of their teens.
Cuz role models are no longer smart, feminine, strong women. It’s now women who climb to the top through being sexy or literally selling sex and drama (kardashians). For this reason I think TSwift is actually a fantastic role model. She keeps it classy.
I am 33 now, but, I was 11 when I was hit on by adult men consistently for the first time. This is nothing new, what is new is how this is spread on social media and how permanent this is. That’s what concerns me. I think that it is entirely normal, and should be expected for young women to engage in this way with their peers. I just really wish they weren’t on the whole Internet. of all the things going on this doesn’t make me worry for the future because this is nothing new. This is something we have always had to deal with in the real life . But it is absolutely despicable to watch. in 2001 when my friend’s mother saw me being. 🐣🍳ualized - in this way, she cried. But ultimately it continues to happen to this day. Idk , I remember being that age. And back then my intended audience was my peers. That’s what I have issue with now, and the platforms should do better to separate teenagers from the general population.. -this is from TTS. Hopefully the message comes through properly.
I've dealt with this as a teenage girl, and I think there's a bigger conversation to have. These things typically are the result of emotional neglect, peer pressure, and in my case you could call it "oldest daughter syndrome" where I was expected to act like an adult, so I thought it was okay for me to look like one and behave sexually for other people. I think the common thing that these all lead to is attention. These girls are not getting the proper attention from their parents, so they're trying to find it elsewhere but it usually falls flat and then when they think they've found someone to give them attention, it's just sexual
From the perspective of a girl turning 14 in 3 weeks, I agree. I’ve always been the “weird kid” for not appreciating any of the “trendy” clothes or “trendy” music. It’s oversaid and a little cringe but I genuinely feel like I was born in the wrong generation. I would have survived so much better in the 70s (I love EVERYTHING about that time even though I wasn’t alive). People in my class are so incredibly behind neurologically, I’m not sure if I see it differently than someone else, I probably do but the fact a 13 year old boy in my class had to ask what pronouns were, and what “also” meant means that there is a problem here. My secondary school teachers have to remind over half my class what a capital letter is. It’s stupid and it’s also really sad. I feel bad for them because it’s not really their fault, either it’s their parents or themselves just ignoring everything. I’m not blaming anyone for it, but I just want my school to be normal. My headteacher said, and I quote “We have had less racist comments this year than ever.” What do you mean 😭 we should have NO racist comments ever. Why can’t people grow tf up without singing about sex/ dressing like whores. Be fr.
As a young girl under 18, this really really scares me for our future and I feel so bad for these girls on the internet doing these horrible things that they will regret when they are old. I would say that I had a very good childhood and my tween years were very fun. I am probably allowed to have social media, but I chose not to have it and I said “probably” because I’ve never asked my parents for social media before, I just don’t want it in my life at all. I sometimes complain about my parents of course, but I am so grateful that I was raised right and grew up normally with awkward tween years, eating grass, making potions out of whatever I could find in my bathroom, climbing trees, play dates with my friends, roblox, and so much more things that never involved social media. I see SO MANY girls like these and even worse that are destroying their lives with drugs, losing their v card and other horrible things at my school and it really concerns me so much.
I feel the same way about tweens and teens under 18 being on Social Media especially TikTok. You are not alone with your thoughts! I am 53 years old and I have a 10 year old daughter and she has absolutely no social media! She watches UA-cam Kids and I monitor everything she does! She has a phone but cannot download any apps unless I approve it from my phone! All my daughters friends have TikTok IG and Snapchat! This is so wild. I know someone who had a TikTok teamed party for 3 year old because she asked for a TikTok party. One thing about me is that I am going to allow my child to be a kid! She can have social media when she turns 18 years old! Thank you for bringing this to light. I respect your opinion! ❤
I don't disagree with what you're doing. But you aren't "allowing" her to be a kid, you're forcing her. Again, nothing wrong with what you're doing, just pointing it out. You'll need to re-examine what you do in a couple years, because being under a parent's boot while everyone else has freedom will likely make her resent you and rebel to extremes. You're lucky she's only 10 rn. Everything changes once they're teens.
Coming from a 15-17 year old who has dealt with a lot of creeps hitting on me online, and irl, and I've been moved to 2 different middle schools and 3 different high schools. I see my classmates perform in school at a like 7th grade level. and a lot of girls go to school looking 20. Full face of makeup, big and long false eyelashes, long hair (maybe fake), and talking grawn and all that. I have a pre-teen sister, just turned 13 so, Gen Alpha, and one of her classmates got in-trouble for giving another boy classmate h34d. and my sister deals with body image issues and posting in and wearing revealing clothes.
grown** and i would note the revealing clothes but theyre older teens so not my place to judge - just dont like preteens wearing boxers as shorts and whatnot.
Nothing shocks me anymore honestly, but I do think parents have the biggest part to play in letting their children access these platforms and content, and letting them own these outfits! Also, 'year 7' in the UK is like age 11-12, so way underage...
I’ve now deleted my social media accounts, and haven’t been on them for almost 10 months, and couldn’t be happier with my choice. We truely don’t need social media, and more people need to get offline. Also, I love your lipstick! 😍🤤
Well yes but at least one app less to be distracted by, u cant rly post pic of urself like in insta( i know u can in a way but its not treated as insta what i meant)
Thank you for raising your voice on this type of problem and highlighting the contradictions of these social networks. I think the solution must come from everywhere, parents via education, school via conferences or coaching but above all through social medias themselves! I really believe that a simple system is feasible to protect the youngest but social medias do not want to put it in place because yes, they would lose millions of users and therefore millions of dollars in the process! Today many countries use an authentication system via birth number to connect to our taxes or our bank etc... setting up the same connection system would already make it possible to limit access to these platforms to adults only. But again, the solution exists, but the social medias will never align with this system to protect the youngest because it means losing a lot of money.
Somehow this reminds me of the scene in mean girls when the little sister lifted her shirt while watching grown women do the same on tv, only this is WAAAAY WORSE because we can not switch the channel.😢 never thought i would say this, but i am so grateful that my parents were super strict while growing up. At 32 I now see their prospective. Indeed how do we get back?
I've noticed, the older I got, the more covered up I wanted to be. I was never really the sexy dresser young either and even when I was young, I didn't like the attention. I was busty from very early so the attention was too much, from men, the sexualization and from women the judgment, they made me feel like it was my fault men stared at me when I was just trying to be a child. I remember always hiding and I still do. I don't even like wearing bathing suit. Just as men are creepy, there are a lot of women that create this environment, women are a big part of this.
Most of the girls at my daughter's highschool dress like this, yet if anyone mentions how odd it is, you are called a pedo and asked why you are sexualizing teenagers. This is why teachers are afraid to dress code them.
bleugh im a teenager, and the pressure to be looking hot is wild... the people who defend this content is wild, also why do we just have smaller adult clothes for kids.. why do we have baby croptops. its discutsing
Preeeeach!! 🙌 This is a discussion I’ve had with many moms, quite organically, as a professional piercer. Little ones coming in to get their ears pierced and somehow I, as a parent of now adults, am understood to be someone the moms can talk to about the pressures their kids are under to physically and materialistically conform. At age 8. 6. Age *5* the skincare and makeup questions are flowing in when coming home after school. Madness!!!
As a tween/Pre-Teen(10-12) and someone who has a 15 yo brother and 13yo sister this is crazy! My sister wears short dresses and crop tops/mildly low cut tops sometimes but me I’ll wear a crop top and that’s it! How eve some of my sister and brothers friends v@pe,wear mini skirts and literal br@s outside and stuff,ITS CRAZY!
The big tech companies do care to an extent, but not entirely. I would partially disagree but also partially agree as well when you mentioned that statement about these tech corporations and their care for the digital health of a younger population demographic. I don't work in the industry, but my level of prior knowledge, not personal experience from research, is how I could claim this thought, but it can be improved even more. I don't know if it is about balancing things or picking sides.
I’m 13 years old and I COMPLETELY AGREE with everything you said in this video, I literally only have UA-cam. This society is sick, hateful, disgusting, provocative, skimpy, and just overall evil. I hate growing up in this generation sometimes. I’m glad I can’t relate to any of the girls on here.
Tweens exist (I’m one of them) it’s just that other teens or just people in general bully them and call them ‘cringe’. LIKE YOU ARENT EVEN ALLOWED TO BE ‘CRINGE’ ANYMORE?? But I agree with a lot of things you say, people grow up way too fast now and follow everything they see on TikTok (like you said, TikTok doesn’t care about a child’s well-being!!)
My daughter is 25 and I CANT IMAGINE what it would have been like trying to deal with this. She and her friends used to make videos singing Hannah Montana songs with their hairbrushes as mics and post up on youtube (but certainly not dressed like that!). I mean, innocence at its finest, compared to todays world. My son is 18 and thank god his only interest in TT and IG, and such are regarding video games and 'would you rather' and reaction type videos. I go up to his school and see the girls walking around the halls in clothes that OBVIOUSLY violate the dress code that I KNOW they have, but apparently means nothing (which is on the school for not enforcing it). But super short shorts, super tight tops, tube/crop tops etc. Fine for the beach or lake but not for SCHOOL (or other public places). We live in a VERY rural area. Not in a big city, or even medium city. Our middle and high school for the ENTIRE COUNTY is in ONE BUILDING! My son and his friends (both male and female) that come over and hang out, talk about these people and not in a good way. These are good, nice kids, and wouldnt say anything to their faces, but definitely behind closed doors they do. And im sure others do as well, at least the ones with some modicum of common sense whose parents are even halfway involved in their lives (on and offline). I always say im the worlds most 'okayest mom' but .... maybe im just a bit better than that.
How much access to phones and social media do you think children should have?
looking at this, none. I should move somewhere without data reception.
Little to none...just call or text (maybe). Unfortunately, it will only get worse. The ones whose parents allow limited access to social media, will be ridiculed and bullied, especially by their peers on social media. It's a sad, sad world we live in.
Flip phones for safety....no social media til 16+
Caitlin - one of my best friends is a major journalist who has written about social media and its negative impacts and clear dangers for children. I’m sure he would be willing to do an interview with you for your channel. He wrote a book about Facebook/Meta that was published in November. I’ll reach out directly to you.
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As a 23yr old woman I don't wear most of the outfits shown in this videos and it's mind blowing that these kids at 14, 15,16 are doing this.
Same 💀. Ppl usually advise me in buying tight clothes, or they confuse me for being a teen.
I usually dress in gothic fashion which I show no skin and don’t wear tight clothes, I’m pretty young and putting myself out there like that I feel personally would make me feel bad
Yea but the title lies because none of these kids are gen alpha’s
They are immature they are nudity on social media all day everyday 😅so they think it’s normal
@@babygirafffe boo hoo
I’ve noticed they no longer have kids clothes. Just smaller sizes of adult styles! We used to have corny princess or dinosaur shirts! Now they go from playing with toys straight to tiktok and wanting social media clout, zero tween zone. Nothing makes me more uncomfortable then seeing a CHILD in the same outfits my bf wears! Weird!
There is however oversized and baggy clothes and there is basics clothes which my daughter wears, we homeschool our kids as kids in school are being taught utter cr*p and an agenda is being pushed from both teachers and peers, the homeschool community we are in has all different age groups at meet ups so our kids are dressed more appropriately then these girls in this video
So sad! I think the “cringey” clothes we used to wear back in the day helped us grow more mature, like we gradually became more mature with our style. Tweens nowadays go from galaxy shirts to crop tops…
Those are in the actual Adult section
@InaraLxx exactly we were all wearing galaxy shirts and backpacks with our favorite tv show or whatnot. these kids are now wearing stuff that are immodest even for later ages.
Damn where do y’all be shopping
That last 15 year old girl..... she doesn't have a mother. She has a madame.
thats what I was thinking, its like she has her daughters up for sale on the internet, truly horrifying
Her mother immediately made me think of Kris Jenner.
A bawd
Yes she's profiting off her minor daughters 😢😠
i'm 12 and i do really stoopid stuff like watch eddsworld (ma FAVE series!!) n play with barbies :P honestly all the people i know that go to the same middle school as me all wear flawless makeup, have little dresses n they all bully me for not being like them bc they have ALL been in a relationship and theres just me being a single pringle and they all call me ugly and bully me for not being like them :-((( i just wanna be myself and be an awkard little 12 year old gurlie and STILL watch my favorite series and play with my dolls should i TRY being more like dem or what do i doooooooo?????? PLS ANSWERRRRRR itz urgenttttt!!!!!
When I was 15 I was having a hard time getting rid of my Barbie’s. I’m really thankful I didn’t grow up fast.
Same
Omg same and my teddy bears !
same. glad to know i wasn't the only one.
Me too!!
I was still changing my Barbie’s clothes and doing their hair and reorganizing their house in 9th grade!
I'm a teenage girl the pressure to look "sexy" is intense, I was made fun of for wearing oversize clothing on a casual clothes day (baggy clothes are popular, I think, but my clothes were apparently 'unfashionable') like I'm young and I don't want to have to worry abt fashion and looking "hot and attractive" before I reach 18.
Whenever I've told my friends about my parents and how they don't let me use social media like TT they always call my parents "overprotective" or "really strict" but I just know that they're keeping me safe (never thought I'd prove my mum right) .
Way to go, you're not missing out on anything and the fact that you can withhold peer pressure when it comes to dressing the way you want shows you probably have a lot of inner confidence and strength (even though I'm sure it can often feel like that's not the case, haha). I'm sure it will serve you well in your life. Wishing you all the best!
@@AW-uv3cb Thank you so much ^^
When I was your age (now I'm 32) it was actually very cool to stand out. We used to DIY a lot. Nowadays it's not cool anymore. Be true to yourself no matter what. Think for yourself, I guarantee you, these people criticising you aren't going to help you anywhere anytime by any means, they have zero interest in your problems. Just being confident in your oversized clothes will do. At the end of the day, we came to this world to enjoy our lives, didn't we?
Don’t fall into the trap
As a complete stranger I’m so unbelievably proud of you. At your age it’s hard to understand that your parents are your biggest supporters and want the best for you. That’s great you understand that. Your friends that are growing up too fast are going to endure things they shouldn’t have to but will because of their choices. You stay strong and be you. ❤
This is why I NEVER let my kids on social media. They're little but I dont plan on getting them phones until much later and when they do, they wont be on tiktok. TT is the demise of our society.
I was concerned about this until i found out about smartphones that work just like regular smartphones but cant be used for social media. My daughter is still a preschooler but time will fly fast and i’ll eventually have to equip her with a working phone 😅 modern problem requires modern solution.
Yep, designed to disrupt western society. There is a reason it has been banned in China (the place of origin)
When your kids are 'old enough' for social media, it will be other platforms. Same problems, most likely, but different platforms.
Yep, specifically designed to disrupt Western society
Do they still make cell phones that are not smartphones? Like a regular old-school Nokia phone or flip phone?
It begins with parents. My husband and I had many serious talks with our now 18 year old daughter about posting online. My husband works in tech security and emphasized that these pics never go away, even if you delete. It can affect college applications and getting hired….it can haunt you forever. She got the message.
AI is what is currently freaking me out. Your face can be added to ANY image. If a person cannot post a regular picture without somebody taking their face and creating disturbing images, does social media have a future?
Oh shoot really? I have never posted any inappropriate photos but I did delete some photos I don’t reasonate with anymore and somehow they will never get deleted? :(
@@kimhuynh1225 Pages get cached on sites like wayback machine or in google's searches. Guessing by your comment you're a young person - please be careful & responsible out there. I totally get the irony and humor of saying this in a UA-cam comment section, but the world is a much better and nicer place offline.
That happened to me in highschool before AI was even popular. Someone on Facebook took my face and put it on a p*rnstar. Then they were threatening me to show them nudes or else they'd share it. It was really weird. I just blocked them. This was probably like 14 years ago.
I view AI as a good thing, because if something ever gets leaked (which shouldn't exist in the first place but that's besides the point) you can just claim it's AI
@@doorsfan173those sites don't always get cached though. I look for fan art from accounts that have since long been deleted and way back machine is useless. In order for something to still be able to be dug up youd need to make sure someone cached it (not likely if you're an average person) and someone determined enough to dig it up (again not likely). At least as far as I know. Still recommend not posting anything too private on the internet of couy
My 13 year old niece is addicted to tiktok, taking selfies, using filters, and has a collection of beauty products. It really bothers me but she’s not my child and I can’t do anything about it. I recently had to block a perv who was messaging me disturbing things and asked for photos of my niece 🤢 it’s a sick world
Same here. My niece is turning 15 this month and has been on Tiktok since it became a thing. She (along with her friends) are constantly posting videos when they aren't looking at videos on Tiktok. She is a good kid, but don't know how the long term affects will affect her still impressionable mind. I'm not even privy to the freaks who are looking and maybe DMing her too.
Show this to her parents and tell them to read the comments
@@nicolenotizieeamici my sister already struggles with her since she hit puberty and is heavily influenced by her friends 😔 she monitors her social media accounts, but I still don’t like how kids these days try to look like adults. She has a full skin care routine and so many makeup products…
@@artbygilikshe has skincare because you get acne at her age from puberty and all the excess oils from growing and changing
Oh thats disturbing and disgusting im sorry you cant help or get involved with your neices actions and usage on social media
This is essentially soft core CP.
"Where are the parents?"
Where are the police?
22:10
I agree. Where are the police investigations, laws in place to STOP it!??!?
I took sexy photos on my flip phone when i was young and my
Mom almost killed me she was so mad. She threatened to call the police on me for CP. I didnt understand at the time that it was CP. I finally understood after her getting so mad at me.
We had the talk about taking certain photo's and how they are forever.
For a sec I thought you meant cp such as cerebral palsy-
Yeah pedos are having a field day with this
This is a kardashian influenced generation smh…
I agree
Absolutely look who influencing these little girls it is so sad 😞
but who let them watch the kardashians?
@@cinnacinnamonrollgirl girl these parents don’t parent anymore. 😂😭
tbh these are the daughters of kardashian influenced mothers, who instil this shit into their daughters
My parents didn't let me have a smart phone or social media when I was in high school (2011-2015). I got a "dumb" phone only when I started driving at 17. At the time I thought it was "sooooooooo unfair" and ridiculous. Probably one of the best things that happened in my life. Having parents who were on the stricter side has been the biggest blessing.
I can tell that you appreciate what your parents did for you. The fact that you're able to appreciate it is probably down to the fact that they did that.
Wait so how did you contact your parents if you’re not with them?
@@gustavus0013it is possible to you a phone without internet
@@gustavus0013 There wasn't really a need to contact my parents when I wasn't with them. For most sporting events, hanging out with friends, jobs, volunteering etc. my parents would know where I was going and when I would be coming back or when they would need to pick me up and they would just arrive at the agreed upon location and time (or I would already have planned a ride back with friends, or was within walking distance). Ex. if I was going to the park I would just tell my parents, leave and then come home before dinner (or whatever required family event we had that day- which I would already know about). The constant communication when not with someone is a new feature of life. It makes some things more conveinent, but it isn't required.
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Same !!!!!❤
The amount of old men leaving creepy comments on children is concerning, why are these comments not being flagged as predatory.
Exactly
Coz they not, duh
There was no proof even once that at least some one in the video was underage, only old fashioned "trust me bruh" and "I`m old cat lady I see things like that"
@@Sneaky_Basket I see them ALL the time on Instagram, absolutely disgusting pedos and the fact that you believe it's not happening means you should have your electronics checked 🤢🤢
That girl you asked us to guess her age looks no younger than 25 to me. I was SHOCKED to find out she’s only 15. This is DEEPLY disturbing.
The fact that these children probably think it's flattering to look 10 years older than they are... No. 😅 It's not.
It's just giving pedos something to look at.
I am 17 and I would look like her little sister next to her 😭
Ugh
@@Angel_Auraathese girls look way too old now
I have an 11 year old daughter and it is honestly so hard to keep all these apps away. We have bans across all social media, but things still get through. Many tic toc videos are available within UA-cam shorts, there's chat functions in Roblox! How can we teach our kids to respect their bodies when things like only fans exist, these girls making 100s of 1000s for "dancing" and writing it off as being confident and loving their body...it's a really hard balance of trying to teach them the right way and then becoming the enemy because they are the only kid at the school without a tic toc account. We recently moved to Kangaroo Island, remote, and honestly it's like going back 20 years, no ipads at schools, weekend sports are the pillar of the community. It's a breath of fresh air. It's a crazy crazy world!
I just wanted to add as well - in response to the men's commenting etc - these young girls are presenting mature content, without the maturity to handle it. They are simply not aware of the dark side of these situations. I spoke with my daughter about these kinds of potential situatiins, and she hand on her heart could not comprehend why these people that were commenting were not her "real" friends and may have alterior motives...I do think everyone shares a little bit of responsibility, but ultimately (imo) it's the parents that need to be "the bad guys" in order to protect their kids.
Don’t give her a phone or a computer, problem solved.
@@Foxie770u can't just do tht. We live in an information era. Computers and phones r needed. Once u hit 10, u r allowed to hv a computer or access to it
As a 14 year old, replying to what you said that’s horrible parenting. Communicate with your child about what is right and wrong, kids that age are curious and have tendencies to be persuaded easily by friends. She will find a way to experience social media whether you allow her or not and the worst part is she won’t tell you cause you aren’t someone who understands her. The most effective solution is to speak to her about the bad sides of social media and letting her have her devices back while managing her accounts so you can keep an eye on her. Of course dont let her have tiktok or instagram she is definitely too young for that but at least let her play roblox, cause in roblox you cant delete chats so you’ll be able to see all of her chats, there is also and option to close the ability to chat with people completely. As long as you do it right you can let your child have fun and not feel excluded while keeping her safe.
From what you said I’m assuming most of her friends and or classmates do have roblox and watch tik toks, if that’s true keeping this type of stuff away from her WILL MAKE HER HATE YOU, she would think the reason she is being left behind socially by her classmates and not able to participate in most conversations (which kids her age talk abt games etc.) would be your fault. She is too young to understand by herself that you are trying to help her SO TELLL HERRR
Literally im a gen alpha (😞) and everyone in my school acts like they are all grown and mature and they literally be vaping in the school bathrooms, shaking their ass in the mirror and sharing it on their snapchat story, and listening to inappropriate podcasts that contain sexual content. This generation is doomed.
“Joined 13 years ago”
@@janedolores79 fr lol
B..b..bazinga??
@@janedolores79It’s probably an old account their sibling/parent gave them lol
Omg this is terrible. I feel sick….social media is truly the decline of humanity. But the worst part is that it can’t be stopped. It is always going to be a permanent part of humanity. We can’t go back, at least not collectively. It’s truly disturbing. I was born in 1998 and I’m 25 years old and I can’t even imagine growing up with social media my entire childhood & teenage hood.
Social media or the parents that allow this? We had social media. Remember MySpace? But it was not what is today because this generations lack of parenting. Lazy parents.
But we did! We had msn, Facebook, 4chan, MySpace, etc it depends on what else is there to suck away your attention, if you don't have good friends or family, or you don't have a community and your environment is bad, it's gonna be a bad time.
Might I add that pornhub was a thing in our time 😅
It depends on how it is used, as teens we'd lurk to see and observe and puzzle at why people acted like that. At some point you leave because the environment got toxic, like 4chan, people moved over to Reddit instead.
My parents tried to shield us from stuff, but well, they didn't know much about the internet 😅
@hweiii and now reddit is also toxic
My bro is almost 25 & grew up with social media … chill you’re not that old 😂
Yep I can’t meet friends because of this
I'm really scared too. This shit is dystopian, disturbing and horrifying.
As someone who has been groomed online as a teen and a survivor of SA this is literally my worst nightmare. I’m so concerned for these young girls and they deserve to be protected from predatory adults. Childhood is so precious and it’s unfortunate to see these young girls letting social media pressure them into looking older than they actually are. I know…every teenager wants to feel mature and all but that doesn’t change their age. They are still minors and minors need more protection from dangerous adults. The parents are the ones who are at fault for not being a parent and protecting their children. It’s the parents responsibility to protect and raise their children. Don’t blame celebrities or influencers for someone else’s bad parenting.
I’m so happy you’re still here with us, even through a tough time, I’m proud of you for staying so strong. Also, I agree, Im so scared for people my age, both male and female, that are engaging in activity like the stuff in this video. This stuff is serious but it doesn’t seem these young girls care. I really hope we can fix this
This is so true, on many levels, as a guy
As a person who was given unsupervised internet access as a child, it absolutely ruined me. Short story short I did underage sex work on sites i shouldnt have been on and me being young and illegal was the literal selling point drawing men in wanting to buy my shit. I ended up getting kidnapped. For the love of God, parents, protect your children. Social media is devastating to a young mind that is so vunerable and sensory seeking. If you dont think its your child, trust me it could be. I would always delete everything before my mom checked my phone, had secret app galleries.. she never found out till I was kidnapped.
Omg! I’m sorry that happened to you. I hope your safe and healthy now!
Coming from a 13yr, my classmates honestly scare me. They speak about and do inappropriate things online and irl. They bully people for literally anything, most of them can’t read properly and can’t spell. It worries me for my future.
Ngl lie the talking and joking is fr me but they can’t properly read or write?!?? I mean, sometimes mine forget too but
40-year-old woman here. I'm watching these clips and I'm just... disgusted and heartbroken. These poor girls! I've got a 14-year-old niece and her parents banned TikTok and most other social media for her, and I know she was unhappy about it, but I have never agreed with my brother as much as when he and his wife made that decision. She was still exposed to all of it enough that, at 12, she told me she wanted plastic surgery (she wanted to look more like the K-pop stars)! Her face had barely even started growing into its adult shape!
As a kpop stan tell her about katseye there a group with diverse looks color, etc
@@heh_leebit_slays. katseye is an American group, not a K-pop group.
@@hithere-_- I know I said there a group not there a kpop or a global group
I am the parent of a tween daughter. She is still an awkward half child half teen. My kids are not allowed on social media. The idea of grown men looking at my daughter like that is gross.
Your lipstick shade is gorgeous ❤. For the children, nothing before high school. Even then with parental supervision.
Thankyou ❤️
@@CaitlinPawlowskiwhich lipstick are you wearing?? It’s gorgeous!!
I am a millennial and my mother used to tell me when I was a teenager, 'enjoy being young. Enjoy being a CHILD. You are going to be this young for only a short time but you will be an adult until you are old and grey. Don't rush it, enjoy it!' So glad I listened to her! I didn't date in highschool, never went to any wild parties, never tried smoking and alcohol. I dressed BEAUTIFULLY without showing any boobs. I literally played outside, skipping and playing netball with my other young peers until I was a senior in highschool, even when I was about to graduate 😂😂😂 I had so much fun! Now, as I have become a full grown woman, 31 and engaged, most people don't believe how old I am. Keeping young at heart and mind has kept me fresh. It saved my innocence and protected me from adult trauma which makes kids nowadays look old. I am so thankful! 😊
Somehow when I voice my concerns in mom groups, *I’m* sexualizing my daughter when all I’m saying is this stuff is not appropriate. Edit: I agree we shouldn't be in excess policing our daughters more than our sons, and tank tops in summer is ok. At what point does it do a full 180 though and you end up with stuff like this?
In my house, no crop tops. Legging have to cover your butt. Natural makeup is fine, healthy and clean hygiene is always number one. And you dont need a stanley. The cup dadd brought home free form work is just fine.
You're in the minority and your healthy views mean more work for the parents and parents don't want more work but less and they don't want to be in the minority so they go with the flow and shame you for pointing out that parents need to do better, they don't want to hear it, they want more me time and they are fine with daycare, school and iPad raising their kids
Obviously, this is not an issue for boys. Most boys don't have any interest in going on Tik Tok and dancing around in skimpy outfits.
Social media is much more of an issue for girls, because of how socially motivated they are.
Why do we have to make a controversy out of the simple fact that boys and girls are different and not interchangeable?
I suggest dumping the group and going your own way. The argument they use is mental gymnastics. A knee jerky, fake intellectual response because they don't understand critical thinking. People like that take wisdom and reason as a personal attack instead of what it is: Wisdom and reason. They'll learn when their kids grow up and hate them.
No the reason why boys don't engage in such degen behavior is because they get taught what accountability and responsibility are from the day they are born and what the punishments are for degen behavior. Girls however are not, in fact they applauded constantly and applaud eachother for it. They even get awarded for it in short term. But the punishment comes much later, but by then they don't know why it is and how it came to be (Not able to find a good man or be happy in a relationship). So of course they blame men for it, not themselves which is all cycling back to accountability.
If you're a man and dare to criticize them on their degen? You are a toxic man! That is toxic masculinity! You are trying to control wmn! HOW DARE YOU! That is harassment. Women are victims of men!
Bodily autonomy? Schrodingers feminists are at the same time an empowered go-getter-queen-who-dont-need-no-man-and-can-do-anything victim-of-the-patriarchy, and depending on the situation she picks which of the two benefits her the most.
Take TokkieTok/social media out of the equation. Even before it they behaved like this, but it was less wide spread. Remember MTV and those reality programs. Social media is definitely a catalyst.
@@matthewatwood8641the boys are just going on tiktok to ogle and objectify the women and girls....
I remember when I was ages from 14 to 16 trying to rush into being a woman. I look back now and wish I enjoyed my youth more. I never had social media and glad I never did. These young girls will hopefully grow out of this phase.
I am now feeling the need to be younger at an age where Im supposed to be grown up. Back when I was 14-16 I was proud of knowing too much and now I wish I could enjoy being a child. This was when Facebook and YT were young and couldn’t wait to be 13 to get the access. Quite a few people also lied about their age (they were between 10-12 year olds). This was about 15 years ago. I think the kids, especially teenagers always are in a rush to grow up despite what generation they grow up in.
me too but i don’t blame myself for it i’ve always been treated and mistook for way younger than i actually am u can’t blame children for not wanting to be infantilized
that is wishful thinking, does that mother posing with her daughter look like she ha grown out of it - in reality they are actually graduating to Only Fans
They’ll be on OF the second they turn 18. It’s how they’re being raised and what they’re being taught in school and out. They can make money by just posting pictures, it’s the gen z/alpha dream these days to be the next influencer whether that be on UA-cam or OF because it’s an easy way to make millions of you actually make it.
@@roboteenand red pill content made by older men inviting OF girls, degrading them essentially whilst also saying harmful things about all women and the younger generation of boys have begun to adopt that ideology, with the younger generation of girls only being exposed to the careers of OF & influencers which grants more societal points in comparison to other careers. It’s not “cool”
We live in a world where teens aren’t allowed to be in their awkward and self discovery phase
On that journey!
Because they get it from social media and can skip that completely you can create any type of personality through hobbies and that’s what they become nothing different from anyone else
Today, I saw a little girl, and I mean like 6 years old; holding her dads hand so adorable. Then, in her other hand, she had Stanley Cup. The cup was almost bigger than her.
It's not the same thing you are talking about in the video, but it's still strange and sad.
Yessss. My niece got one recently and she so excited getting accessories for it. I have a pretty cup I just got and she snubbed me. At 9.
@@AllyH_Coffee the ak-59 sitting in the corner: 🗿
@@OrionisA2013?
It’s not sad..yes stanley cups are ridiculously expensive but it’s nothing compared to sexualizing yourself and showing your body on social media at a young age.
Its a cup. I honestly don't see a problem, the dad probably saw it on his tiktok and wanted to get a good quality cup for his kid.
As a13 year old, i wanted to say... i have different hobbies like, drawing, reading, braiding, and playing piano and violin, and in general, i watch shows for me like hello kitty (Sanrio), she-rah, the owl house, the tangled series, plus my mother always gives me clothes my age very colorful, and with writing and pictures on it (like-- ''My Vibe'' with a sun on it) Kpop (Little Glee Monster) and Jpop music (ITZY, BlackPink)
But seeing girls around my age wearing suggestive clothing and listening to suggestive songs is kind of crazy and scary they can be found by any predatory men (or women)
I'm actually thankful my mother and father raised me like i am now and made me be like a dumb, silly stupid 13 year old girl i am now and i think I'm gonna stay like this unless i mature more in the future
but i think it is kind of sad girls around my age are in mature and suggestive clothing it shows they want to destroy their younghood their girlhood it. is. very. VERY. BLOODY! SAD! (i pray they are gonna be okay I swear)
we have to keep you safe from the rest of the world! you are a part of the future's only hope XD
Btw, cool art if that's yours. Anyway, have a good day lol
Your not dumb in fact you are very mature since you don’t let yourself down that path
@Willow-Tree397
Ikr
Taking responsibility as a parent / guardian and being aware of what your kids are doing online is a much better solution than blaming tiktok/social media
Honestly, these social media CEO hearings are strange to me. I think it's the parents' responsibility to check what their children are up to online not the corporations. If you consider social media a digital public space privately held, it's comparable to a mall. Would you let them go there by themselves in a lingerie outfit?
I quite agree. It’s still 90% the parents’ responsibilities. However, the rest 10%, I think social media’s age restriction need to be increased to maybe 16. It’s “just” a few years different but that few years is quite crucial too. Plus with the ai and algorithm technology, would be amazing if the social media companies could implement “better” censoring.
I agree in part, but even with radio and television, we regulated how those modes of communication could behave towards kids. We just take that for granted since most of us weren't alive when those debates were being had. Teen depression, anxiety, self-harm has risen in kind with the prevalence of social media. When nefarious practices were levied against kids of generations past, our lawmakers did their jobs. Now, they just grandstand at the CEOs instead of getting a legislation passed, and they even acknowledge that it's the power of lobbyists. We won't be able to just transpose the FCC's regulations to protect kids onto social media because it's structurally so different, but we literally could not be doing less than we are right now. This unmitigated social experiment we've allowed to go on for over a decade and a half is going to be looked at as a massive failing in a century's time (if we can get our act together).
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. That’s my thoughts exactly. Anyone who disagree with you are part of the problem. We had social media before and was nothing like this. Is the lack of parenting or parents want to monetize their kids. Simple as that,
@@limitlessbiancait’s 100% parents responsibility. No one else is responsible of your kids but the people who decided to have them.
Parents definitely need to do better but let's not make excuses for the sick billionaires profiting off of exploitation, they have more than enough money to put together teams and programs to end it if they really wanted to.
Hi from Germany! there's one famous teen TikTok in Germany supported by her mother, she started when she was 14 and exactly behaving and dressing like an adult and most of her fans are acting like her now, and the ones dressing like real teens got bullied and feeling uncool if the parents are trying to protect them to not acting like that. it is a real nightmare becoming parent nowadays.
It’s like when kids got bullied for not having a Stanley, but then a mother gave in and got her daughter one anyway to stop the bullying.
@@danielavanilla4331 What's a stanley?
@@kltil5082 a big ugly metal cup with a handle and a straw. Originally meant for outdoorsmen.
@@kltil5082a reusable cup
@@kltil5082the large insulated metal cups with a straw
Worst thing is, I'm close to 18, and I feel like the pressure never stops. I'm glad I ended up in this part of youtube and that I follow creators that are able to slap in my face that the awkward teenage phase *was* and *is* normal, because I literally felt so "left out" when I was younger. I was the awkward kid, and I always felt bad when I wasn't able (again, because it was... uncomfortable?? I guess. I thank my parents for warning me about the internet and making me mindful) to flaunt myself and show videos and pictures of me in the clothes my peers were wearing.
I'm growing out of it, I don't feel the need to post tiktoks or pictures every other day and, honestly, I'm more than happy like this. It just saddens me now to see girls younger than me acting like this. What has the world done to its kids?
As a 14 yr teenager, i could never post my @ss on tiktok. I’m literally ashamed that girls my age do this
The young girls clearly want attention, and in their nativity don’t realise the creeps out there, and how their posts are being used.
Where are the parents!
Which PARENTS?
WHERES DAD
Growing up I knew about those creeps, I knew what they were doing; It’s more that I just didn’t care because I didn’t have many positive male role models that showed me appropriate attention, so I was looking for it any way I could get it.
@@kathleenking47 ANY parent, it doesn't matter the gender of the parent. And quite frankly most of these kids have responsible parents but it's literally impossible (and not morally right) to monitor your children 24/7. At some point they're going to be influenced by a trend, or a friend who was etc. It's on you as a parent to teach them right from wrong so they know how to deal with any situation. Trying to deal with individual situations is pointless. Either you've raised your kids with a good head on their shoulders or you haven't. I didn't need to be monitored or banned from going to chat rooms or doing anything, my mom was well aware I was knowledgeble enough to never meet someone from online because she raised me correctly.
They know there's creeps out there. It's what they want. I was also a hoe online as a teenager and they know what they're doing. My mom would never support it but I still did it behind her back. Girls are just awful and attention seeking
@@pixiepalasmr6881exactly it’s to get the attention you didn’t get from your parents.
I was taking sexy pictures in my underwear (some of which were nearly-new lingerie pieces that my mom would be decluttering and would let me save from the garbage) at the age of 12 and 13, in 1999-2001. I sent them off to be developed (because this was pre-digital) and never got them back. I was cutting off my tank tops to turn them into bras, and cutting off my jeans to turn them into Daisy Dukes, in 4th and 5th grade. So it's definitely not new.
I'm sooooo thankful that social media didn't exist then. I would have gotten myself in a lot more trouble than I did in the search for validation and praise.
Some of these parents are really oblivious or straight up conscious of what their kid's do, and they don't care. I've witnessed firsthand with my cousin the consequences of this type of parenting. My cousin basically got pregnant before finishing high school, in which she was seen as an unruly student and got into an abusive relationship.
I now have a cousin's daughter who behaves pretty much the same as this girls, she's only 14, but she looks like a 18 year old at least by the way she dresses and presents herself. Even her grandma, who is very liberated by the way, believes that her daughter is committing mistakes in her parenting, giving the girl so much independence without consequences.
As an older millennial, I'm not part of the TikTok world (I've never used it, and don't plan to, because I can see the toxicity of it) and I'm childfree, so I'm thankfully not personally involved. I still watch these essays and many others about the state of the younger generations as I find humans fascinating in general. This may come across as a very cynical view, but I personally don't have much hope.
It's a bit like the obesity epidemic across the world - the Western world has become so reliant on ultra-processed food (and social media) that I can't see a way back to a simpler, healthier life. This is the ugly reality of capitalism unless we have a societal epiphany, nothing will change; I'm not putting my money on a societal shift away from Social Media any time soon - not while we still think it's acceptable for billionaires to exist. This individualist model isn't going anywhere, sadly.
As a parent I agree to many parent's either should not have had kids or should do a better job of being a parent, I also refuse the tiktok app as it is toxic, my kids are only allowed youtube and I can view all their history take matters into my own hands when it comes to online controls, I have a joined family account to anything my kids are on and can shut it down at any time there is any inappropriate activity cause as a patent it is my job to be my child's protection
Let me guess, the answer is communism right?
Capitalism doesn't cause the problems you're talking about, it's corruption that causes the problems that you're talking about.
@@leapingdeer7880 YT is really not that much different than tiktok. In fact I've seen far more graphic things on YT than tiktok, like it's not even close. Hell just last week I saw a video of a dude spreading open his azz with his balls and cock hanging down on YT. Was the video hilarious? Yes. But was it something I'd want my 13 year old to see? No lol
I agree. I'm a young Gen X (1978) and I am just SO glad there was no internet AT ALL until I was 18, and no social media until much later. 😢❤
I am an educator. School boards are moving towards banning mobile phones in the classrooms in Canada. We have seen a rise in mental health and diminishing attention spans. It begins in the home with proper monitoring. However, not everything can be controlled. Parent(s)/guardian(s) are often not aware of everything their children are doing, so I want to cut them a little slack. Yet, we are finding that this behaviour is becoming a "societal norm", which makes it even harder on a parent/guardian. I report every child under 18 on social media, regardless of the post. No child should be shown on any platform. It is extremely dangerous. In the past children were seen as mini adults. After, the government implemented education programs and coined the term, " age of innocence," to get them out of factories and into school. Now, the government will have to step in again because children are being hypersexualized and families are running out of tools to keep them off the internet. We as a society need to let governments know that we need stronger regulations because we are warping the brains of our children.
The government is promoting this. Otherwise they would’ve never allowed p*rn access to everyone including kids
I’m an educator too
Depending on the government to do something is very sad and wishful thinking. When has a government coming to help, actually benefitted people? It's usually not helpful and always too little too late. Plus, representatives are making too much money NOT solving problems.
In the uk a lot of primary schools and secondary schools have limitations on phone use or complete phone bans. Unfortunately it doesn’t change anything because it doesn’t take long after school or before to use such social media, they just become sneakier. Young peoples ability to post on the app should’ve been nipped in the bud, including now, it’s scary how much worse it gets month after month, instead of tiktok cracking down on it, they are letting it run rampant. Parents obviously have responsibility, not all of these kids have present parents or family, and for those that do but are just not well equipped enough, won’t be able to instantly understand how to enforce digital safety, so with the parents education of such, TikTok can at least crack down in the mean time. TT has so many resources for parents even for general parental controls & internet safety but it’s useless if they can’t enforce their TOS
banning phones in class doesnt do anything, my school had them completely banned but kids would still constantly use them whenever the teachers werent looking . it also just made the kids a lot more violent, and physical fights occured way more often because they didnt have their phones to distract them as much. it also doesnt stop kids from using social media outside of school
It’s not just TikTok. It started with phones too early, then texting, then Instagram, then Snapchat. This has been going on for over 20 years. It’s the parents!
If adults see this why dont the take the phones away? Or limit the phones? The phones are toxic in every single way... I dont understand why we are doing this to our youth.
Single moms
The red lipstick and nails against the white tank looks so gorgeous!
Also, love the editing in this video :)
Amazing as always!🤗 "I can no longer tell the age of the young girls" - sooo true😅 Thanks to them I appear to look much more younger at my 30s than those girls at their 'teenage'
You can tell their age though
This is why I have chosen to raise dogs as my children instead of humans.
We need more humans like
You … too many brats around
𝔸𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕
Lmao
By blaming teenagers for the sexualization of them in society, you make yourself part of the problem.
Parents need to educate themselves around social media. They also need to start actually parenting their kids. Great video Caitlynn, this is hopefully a wake up call for someone watching.
This is a SERIOUS problem.
It's so sad this is where we are. 😢
Thank you so much for this video! I cannot explain how greatful I am to hear an adult who is willing to pushback and recognise this issue in our society. I am in my mid/late teens and this has largely impacted my mental health and, I know, has also affected many other girls my age. The feeling that our self worth is only based on our appearance is extremely degrading and damaging. It makes us feel invaluable and unwanted if we do not succome to the pressures that weigh on us from society and social media. This issue is extremely disturbing and, in all honesty, it is so perverted the way that young girls and CHILDREN are being sexualised in the media.
Again, thank you so much and please keep fighting for us x
It's so heartbreaking to hear that. Most women my age (40) have experienced unwanted sexual advances and pressure to look a certain way, but I thank my lucky stars that I was able to grow up without social media. I wish you a lot of healthy friendships in real life, and a lot of mental support and strength. You sound very self-aware and "society-aware", which I'm sure will help you a lot in dealing with these issues. If it helps at all, it really does get better as you grow in age, maturity, confidence and self-knowledge. At a certain point you just stop giving c**p about what random people think about you. I hope you can get to that point unscathed!
as a 13 years old, what the hell is going on with my generation?? why is everyone so... adult like? not in a "old soul" like, in a actual MATURE ADULT. 14 years old and already acting like a 18 years old. Its actually gross!!
This reminds me of teen influencers doing "try on hauls" and I'm guessing a LOOOOTTTT of the replies and viewers and likes were older men.
As a teenage girl I am disgusted at how a lot of people around my age are acting, I never would act like this :/
real but why are they complaining “no tween safe spaces!” how about you make them you are the adult!
I’m 29 and I struggle to find Jean shorts that are not boot shorts or that are actually size 8 when they say they are 8s. The biggest struggle is finding a cute top that is NOT a crop top and not too low cut. I mean now we are seeing even for teens that the clothing is showing entirely too much skin, even prom dresses are a small top with the entire mid drift showing and a skirt. Schools need to not allow that. Most importantly parents need to parent. Stop trying to be the cool parent that’s a friend and actually parent and set boundaries. Sex trafficking is in the millions and CP is in the billions, your children are susceptible to being taken advantage of being put on the dark web. Parents should do everything to avoid their kids being subjected to that environment.
I'm 32 and I'm so glad my teen years' "social media" was NeoPets, RuneScape, and a very early version of Facebook. I remember wanting to explore 'dressing s*xy' as a teen, but for me it was just playing with an aesthetic (didn't realize I was asexual until my mid-20's). I'm so glad we have no record of that, or at worst maybe two photos of me on Facebook in a borrowed dress that was a bit low-cut at 17 years old. Every few years I look at the generations behind me thinking "thank goodness I didn't have to deal with THAT." It's been getting more like every few weeks lately, tbh.
you’re so lucky to have grown up around things that are so iconic
I’m a 12 yr old girl and I can confirm this is true I usually wear jeans and hoodies or jackets but most people in my middle school wear full blown tank tops, bikinis some wear lingerie and VERY short jeans just to look attractive or catch attention because of TikTok!
I definitely agree. It's always so worrying to me when I see kids on social media. I've heard 15 year old girls casually talk about how they get inappropriate pics sent to them by guys on snapchat. It's concerning that it's becoming so normal. Then there's such high standards of beauty that makes you self conscious of yourself. I really hope there is a way out of the way social media is now.
I'm a teenage and these things really disturb me. I'm not interested in dressing sexy or becoming famous... The bad thing is that at school or in general on the street they point the finger at you if you don't dress in a certain way... I've always liked very baggy clothes but the people kept telling me to change my ways, and that it made me look like a tomboy. Besides it being the parents' fault, I realize that society is ruined nowadays. I really thank my mother so much for not letting me install social media or this type of thing.
Like mother like daughter.I’m not surprised at the one where the mum was the enabler. Not mum shaming but seriously some mothers need to worry abt their kid’s safety instead of tik tok fame or worrying about being their best friend.
Correction: a 15 year old girl in a sexual cop uniform WITH HER MOM IS NOT OK!!!!
The seriousness of this situation will not be fully understood until its too late. It seems people don't have an concept of consequence. Parents who allow their kids to post this content on social media should be charged with child trafficking. Maybe then it will be taken seriously. And I say this as a mother of a 19yr old and a 16yr old. Stop outsourcing your parental responsibility to everyone else.
That is a a great term for what they're doing, outsourcing parenting - counting on daycare, school and iPad to raise their own kids while they have more and more "me" time.
@@AA-iy4gm Uh or because parents have to work their azzes off just to make ends meet these days. The small wage increases we got pale in comparison to the increased amounts of everything around us. It is quite literally impossible to buy even the shttiest house where I live unless you are a literal millionaire. The tiny house I rent on a tiny piece of property is worth 1.7 million if my landlord were to resell now. It's absolute fcking insanity but we have no choice but to work hard all to pay someone else's mortgage or else we are living on the streets. Foreigners came in and scooped up all the housing and land, built sht apartments to stack people like cockroaches and are squeezing the city dry. Also, in many places it's literally illegal to NOT send your kids to school, and even it wasn't it's still ridiculous that you are calling sending a kid to school or daycare "outsourcing parenting". Not every parent is capable of homeschooling etc. I went to daycare and school, had phones and internet access as a very young kid, yet I had no problem not falling into these BS traps set out by companies, perverts etc. You don't need to spend 8 hours a day with your kid to teach them basic things. My mom told me about pedos when I was 4, I suggest every parent start young. Little kids understand a lot more than adults give them credit for.
Caitlin, just the other day, here in the states, these social media CEO"s were testifying before the senate about their practices and it wasn't pretty. The senators laid into the Tik Tok, Meta, and other social media platform CEO"s like there was no tomorrow. Parents of victims boo-ed in the audiance and it was just unpleasant. These CEO's need to pay for the hell they've unleashed. Anything from PDF file stuff to teens buying drugs through Snap. It's disgusting. I hope that congress here lays into them for all their worth and finally passes legislation to protect teens. This is the wild wild west of the internet still but teens are dying and being harmed and it has to stop
Agreed.
I’m 13, and it pains me to say that my first thought when I saw those girls was “I wish I looked like that”
I hate social media. It’s ruined not just adolescents, everyone.
GREAT VIDEO - I have 2 children and I think about this a lot.
Mine are not teens yet but my son who s 9 has friends that have tik tok already.
The issue is even if you manage to keep your own kids off social media until like 15/16 years old ; all the other kids are sharing the videos in school ; in the bus ; at the sport activities with your kids.
You can only control what you can control, nonetheless I intend to not let my kids have any social media until the age of 15 or 16 minimum.
That’s true. It frightening. I think of this and it gives me gas honestly 😅.
My child is 6, but her growing up in this world makes me want to faint. The only thing we can do is moderating and overseeing and putting up strong boundaries that’s not suffocating. However these other kids are sharing these videos as well. It’s a damn jungle out there!
as someone who posted normal content on instagram not showing my face(Only showing my horse or me riding my horse from my pov) older men assumed I was a girl and send me Dpicks again I didnt show my face or bod(in a non sexual way) till I was 14 maybe. People are disgusting and I think parents allowing kids to present in a sexual way is not okay and they should be educated on the conseqences of that, if they dont control kids social presence the parents should loose custody or something like that.
I have told my family about this, and they dont care... the kids have full access to social media. My family has already seen tragedy and i just dont want to witness anymore. Glad to live far away from them now.
Show them This video and tell them to read the comments
This is absolutely insane.... very scary to know that kids cannot be kids any longer... I do not understand why the parents are not stopping it... 😢 It is going to be worst... hat off Caitlin to tackle this serious issue
We assume, they Have parents
Possibly single mom, and granny
It’s wild! There are sooooo many little girls running around in Mecca and Sephora. How do they have the money to spend it in those high end stores?😵💫
i'm 17 years old and the part of my brain that is still underdeveloped sees these girls and thinks and wishes "oh my god I wish I could've been like that or looked like that at those ages" and the other half of my brain that is more adult and developed feels sorry for them and feels grateful that my parents cared and didn't allow me to dress and act in those ways and it makes me scared for those girls who are out here doing these things that have probably no idea or care about the implications of these actions, they probably don't understand or care about how what they are doing now could affect their future and it's so scary to think about the fact that they might not care, and yes while I was younger I did act a bit mature for my age but it was nothing compared to these girls on this video, i still had that awkward phase, i still get acne and i still enjoy kids shows and I'm 17 years old, 18 in sixmonths and not once in my life have I acted this way and that is so sad to think that this is the new norm for girls and it's also scary to think about how as someone older than them, half of me reminisces and wishes I was like that so can you imagine the implication of younger girls 10, 11, 12 and how they would think seeing these girls thinking they need to be like that, I feel so scared for this future generation.
Your content is great for raising awareness ❤
“hI bAbE” disgusting disgusting disgusting, as someone who’s a teen and is friends with teen girls a lot of them say they do it to fit in etc it’s really sad, my 13 year old cousin posts stuff like that never in a million years did I think that’s what she’d be doing in a few years, it’s sickening. No one’s unique either but that’s not the issue. One of my friends who posts random crap and none of the filters she posted something where she was just chilling with friends normal clothes and there were so many weirdos in the comments it’s unreal…. 🤢🤮
I love how UA-cam has been leading me to sane videos lately. Your “unpopular opinion” was so wholesome! 🥰
Over Covid my 3 teenagers became addicted to their phones. They wanted to stay in their rooms and I noticed a big difference in their personalities!!! I was so scared. I got rid of their phones and got them flip phones.. we haven’t gone back. I believe us as parents need to stop this. Very toxic and dangerous.
😅I'm so glad you found a solution, my younger sister changed too over the span of Covid. Parents were too busy to notice and it's too late by now
ever thought covid affected children and teens tooo
If it makes you feel better, I am raising 3 daughters and this has not been my experience. I myself am not on social media after watching Cal Newport’s Ted talk years ago. We as a family focus on the real life in front of us, the beauty and the sadness of every day life. We are grounded in gratitude and I’ll be damned if I’ll let anyone, influencer or big corporation, destroy their authentic self-confidence just to make a buck off them. It helps that as I am in perimenopause I am focused on what a privilege it is to age, ie to still be alive on this planet, since the only true anti-aging product is death.
I honestly couldn’t agree with you more. This is creating more & more little narcissisms in our society. And I’ve started to see how this generation is starting to become affected. My partners niece is 13 and looks about 17 years old I dread to think what men must think or message her with. But she’s so so intelligent naturally and unfortunately she’s been excluded from school she’s not been sent to an alternative school because her behaviour at schools has gotten that bad. And I honestly think it’s down to social media influence. Not her parents fault however they’ve not been monitoring her on social media as much as they should be. It’s a scary scary world we live in. As always thanks for creating this video xx
Makeup makes all girls look older
Well if it makes you feel any better when 13 year olds looked 13 they were still being hit on by men. It's funny that you think they care. If she looks under 18 then they are creeps period, there's no excusing that because "she looks 17".
@@kltil5082 yes I know there’s still creeps out there at any time regardless of how old they look. But it’s still sad I think that young girls are no longer looking & behaving like young girls / kids. They’re growing up way too early.
She’s been excluded from school? That doesn’t seem right!
I'm 11 and I HATE tiktok, I hate all these stupid trends everywhere on tiktok and the stupid "Stanley cup" trends. I'm NOT interested in that stuff AT ALL!😤 It's so Inappropriate what these girls AND boys my age are doing.😕
I'm So DONE with this stuff!😤
Thank you for talking about this. I have a couple of thoughts: 1. Where are the parents? & 2. How many of these kids are being trafficked into this content? Also, it’s this content that has normalized p*dos. It’s all grotesque. & no. No social media for children until they’re out of their teens.
💯💯💯 so true any one of those teens could've been trafficked into those videos, freaking so sad and very scary
Cuz role models are no longer smart, feminine, strong women. It’s now women who climb to the top through being sexy or literally selling sex and drama (kardashians). For this reason I think TSwift is actually a fantastic role model. She keeps it classy.
I am 33 now, but, I was 11 when I was hit on by adult men consistently for the first time. This is nothing new, what is new is how this is spread on social media and how permanent this is. That’s what concerns me.
I think that it is entirely normal, and should be expected for young women to engage in this way with their peers. I just really wish they weren’t on the whole Internet.
of all the things going on this doesn’t make me worry for the future because this is nothing new. This is something we have always had to deal with in the real life . But it is absolutely despicable to watch.
in 2001 when my friend’s mother saw me being. 🐣🍳ualized - in this way, she cried. But ultimately it continues to happen to this day.
Idk , I remember being that age. And back then my intended audience was my peers. That’s what I have issue with now, and the platforms should do better to separate teenagers from the general population..
-this is from TTS. Hopefully the message comes through properly.
People need to realise that not all kids are like this. Stereotypes are also the demise of us
I've dealt with this as a teenage girl, and I think there's a bigger conversation to have. These things typically are the result of emotional neglect, peer pressure, and in my case you could call it "oldest daughter syndrome" where I was expected to act like an adult, so I thought it was okay for me to look like one and behave sexually for other people. I think the common thing that these all lead to is attention. These girls are not getting the proper attention from their parents, so they're trying to find it elsewhere but it usually falls flat and then when they think they've found someone to give them attention, it's just sexual
From the perspective of a girl turning 14 in 3 weeks, I agree. I’ve always been the “weird kid” for not appreciating any of the “trendy” clothes or “trendy” music. It’s oversaid and a little cringe but I genuinely feel like I was born in the wrong generation. I would have survived so much better in the 70s (I love EVERYTHING about that time even though I wasn’t alive). People in my class are so incredibly behind neurologically, I’m not sure if I see it differently than someone else, I probably do but the fact a 13 year old boy in my class had to ask what pronouns were, and what “also” meant means that there is a problem here. My secondary school teachers have to remind over half my class what a capital letter is. It’s stupid and it’s also really sad. I feel bad for them because it’s not really their fault, either it’s their parents or themselves just ignoring everything. I’m not blaming anyone for it, but I just want my school to be normal. My headteacher said, and I quote “We have had less racist comments this year than ever.” What do you mean 😭 we should have NO racist comments ever. Why can’t people grow tf up without singing about sex/ dressing like whores. Be fr.
As a young girl under 18, this really really scares me for our future and I feel so bad for these girls on the internet doing these horrible things that they will regret when they are old. I would say that I had a very good childhood and my tween years were very fun. I am probably allowed to have social media, but I chose not to have it and I said “probably” because I’ve never asked my parents for social media before, I just don’t want it in my life at all. I sometimes complain about my parents of course, but I am so grateful that I was raised right and grew up normally with awkward tween years, eating grass, making potions out of whatever I could find in my bathroom, climbing trees, play dates with my friends, roblox, and so much more things that never involved social media. I see SO MANY girls like these and even worse that are destroying their lives with drugs, losing their v card and other horrible things at my school and it really concerns me so much.
I feel the same way about tweens and teens under 18 being on Social Media especially TikTok. You are not alone with your thoughts! I am 53 years old and I have a 10 year old daughter and she has absolutely no social media! She watches UA-cam Kids and I monitor everything she does! She has a phone but cannot download any apps unless I approve it from my phone! All my daughters friends have TikTok IG and Snapchat! This is so wild. I know someone who had a TikTok teamed party for 3 year old because she asked for a TikTok party. One thing about me is that I am going to allow my child to be a kid! She can have social media when she turns 18 years old! Thank you for bringing this to light. I respect your opinion! ❤
I don't disagree with what you're doing. But you aren't "allowing" her to be a kid, you're forcing her. Again, nothing wrong with what you're doing, just pointing it out. You'll need to re-examine what you do in a couple years, because being under a parent's boot while everyone else has freedom will likely make her resent you and rebel to extremes. You're lucky she's only 10 rn. Everything changes once they're teens.
Coming from a 15-17 year old who has dealt with a lot of creeps hitting on me online, and irl, and I've been moved to 2 different middle schools and 3 different high schools. I see my classmates perform in school at a like 7th grade level. and a lot of girls go to school looking 20. Full face of makeup, big and long false eyelashes, long hair (maybe fake), and talking grawn and all that.
I have a pre-teen sister, just turned 13 so, Gen Alpha, and one of her classmates got in-trouble for giving another boy classmate h34d. and my sister deals with body image issues and posting in and wearing revealing clothes.
grown** and i would note the revealing clothes but theyre older teens so not my place to judge - just dont like preteens wearing boxers as shorts and whatnot.
Nothing shocks me anymore honestly, but I do think parents have the biggest part to play in letting their children access these platforms and content, and letting them own these outfits! Also, 'year 7' in the UK is like age 11-12, so way underage...
As a gen z (last year of the gen z) it scares me seeing my gen alpha little brother 😰
I’ve now deleted my social media accounts, and haven’t been on them for almost 10 months, and couldn’t be happier with my choice.
We truely don’t need social media, and more people need to get offline.
Also, I love your lipstick! 😍🤤
you on youtube/social media type:
Well yes but at least one app less to be distracted by, u cant rly post pic of urself like in insta( i know u can in a way but its not treated as insta what i meant)
Thank you for raising your voice on this type of problem and highlighting the contradictions of these social networks.
I think the solution must come from everywhere, parents via education, school via conferences or coaching but above all through social medias themselves!
I really believe that a simple system is feasible to protect the youngest but social medias do not want to put it in place because yes, they would lose millions of users and therefore millions of dollars in the process!
Today many countries use an authentication system via birth number to connect to our taxes or our bank etc... setting up the same connection system would already make it possible to limit access to these platforms to adults only.
But again, the solution exists, but the social medias will never align with this system to protect the youngest because it means losing a lot of money.
Somehow this reminds me of the scene in mean girls when the little sister lifted her shirt while watching grown women do the same on tv, only this is WAAAAY WORSE because we can not switch the channel.😢 never thought i would say this, but i am so grateful that my parents were super strict while growing up. At 32 I now see their prospective. Indeed how do we get back?
I've noticed, the older I got, the more covered up I wanted to be. I was never really the sexy dresser young either and even when I was young, I didn't like the attention. I was busty from very early so the attention was too much, from men, the sexualization and from women the judgment, they made me feel like it was my fault men stared at me when I was just trying to be a child. I remember always hiding and I still do. I don't even like wearing bathing suit. Just as men are creepy, there are a lot of women that create this environment, women are a big part of this.
Most of the girls at my daughter's highschool dress like this, yet if anyone mentions how odd it is, you are called a pedo and asked why you are sexualizing teenagers.
This is why teachers are afraid to dress code them.
bleugh im a teenager, and the pressure to be looking hot is wild... the people who defend this content is wild, also why do we just have smaller adult clothes for kids.. why do we have baby croptops. its discutsing
Preeeeach!! 🙌 This is a discussion I’ve had with many moms, quite organically, as a professional piercer. Little ones coming in to get their ears pierced and somehow I, as a parent of now adults, am understood to be someone the moms can talk to about the pressures their kids are under to physically and materialistically conform. At age 8. 6. Age *5* the skincare and makeup questions are flowing in when coming home after school. Madness!!!
As a tween/Pre-Teen(10-12) and someone who has a 15 yo brother and 13yo sister this is crazy! My sister wears short dresses and crop tops/mildly low cut tops sometimes but me I’ll wear a crop top and that’s it! How eve some of my sister and brothers friends v@pe,wear mini skirts and literal br@s outside and stuff,ITS CRAZY!
It’s not just gen alpha it’s mostly late gen z - early gen alpha
Right because someone my age who 16 dress very grown 😟
The big tech companies do care to an extent, but not entirely. I would partially disagree but also partially agree as well when you mentioned that statement about these tech corporations and their care for the digital health of a younger population demographic. I don't work in the industry, but my level of prior knowledge, not personal experience from research, is how I could claim this thought, but it can be improved even more. I don't know if it is about balancing things or picking sides.
So scary is like everything so sexualized
Yeah 😭
I’m 13 years old and I COMPLETELY AGREE with everything you said in this video, I literally only have UA-cam. This society is sick, hateful, disgusting, provocative, skimpy, and just overall evil. I hate growing up in this generation sometimes. I’m glad I can’t relate to any of the girls on here.
Tweens exist (I’m one of them) it’s just that other teens or just people in general bully them and call them ‘cringe’. LIKE YOU ARENT EVEN ALLOWED TO BE ‘CRINGE’ ANYMORE??
But I agree with a lot of things you say, people grow up way too fast now and follow everything they see on TikTok (like you said, TikTok doesn’t care about a child’s well-being!!)
Thx for underlining my decision to not use social media like that at all. no instagram, no tiktok, nothing like it :D
My daughter is 25 and I CANT IMAGINE what it would have been like trying to deal with this. She and her friends used to make videos singing Hannah Montana songs with their hairbrushes as mics and post up on youtube (but certainly not dressed like that!). I mean, innocence at its finest, compared to todays world. My son is 18 and thank god his only interest in TT and IG, and such are regarding video games and 'would you rather' and reaction type videos. I go up to his school and see the girls walking around the halls in clothes that OBVIOUSLY violate the dress code that I KNOW they have, but apparently means nothing (which is on the school for not enforcing it). But super short shorts, super tight tops, tube/crop tops etc. Fine for the beach or lake but not for SCHOOL (or other public places). We live in a VERY rural area. Not in a big city, or even medium city. Our middle and high school for the ENTIRE COUNTY is in ONE BUILDING! My son and his friends (both male and female) that come over and hang out, talk about these people and not in a good way. These are good, nice kids, and wouldnt say anything to their faces, but definitely behind closed doors they do. And im sure others do as well, at least the ones with some modicum of common sense whose parents are even halfway involved in their lives (on and offline). I always say im the worlds most 'okayest mom' but .... maybe im just a bit better than that.