Here’s my answer. Growing up in the digital age is something most parents today know nothing about. We have no direct experience of what going through middle school in the era of social media is really like. We can, however, observe the impact of social media on our children. I want to emphasize that we must not underestimate its impact on our children. I believe that our middle schoolers are the most vulnerable to social media’s influence. The reason I say this is based on child development theory. Erik Erickson developed the “Psychosocial” stages of development. He believed
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