Social Media vs. Self-Confidence
Social media has become an integral part of our society, and it is as damaging to youth as it is useful.
- 88% of youth have seen someone be mean or cruel to another person on a social networking site.
- 41% of youth had a negative experience as a result of using a social networking site.
- 22% of youth lost their friendship with someone due to actions on social media sites.
In this talk, Duncan Kirkwood gives illuminating information about self-confidence. He helps parents and students to understand that most social media is altered and that their value is not correlated to how many likes they get.
With the rise of social media, there is a massive rise in depression and suicide among teens at every socioeconomic level. Social media is causing young people to develop body image issues, self-esteem issues, and very unhealthy habits in search of social media validation. Duncan destroys those self-confidence threats one by one in this funny, exciting and honest presentation.
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