The Impact of Social Media on Teenagers' Mental Health
Social media has a significant impact on teenagers' mental health, with Dr. Heather Cleland Woods and Lindsay Ferrier highlighting the negative effects of platforms on self-esteem, anxiety, and depression. While Laura Santhanam emphasizes the importance of thoughtful sharing, irresponsible behavior can lead to bullying and harm. Parents need to be aware of the risks to protect their teens' mental well-being.
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Opposing Opposing Viewpoints Viewpoints While writing an argumentative paper it is important to remember that there is another side to the issue. You definitely need to pick one side and support it, but you cannot ignore the other side of the issue completely. Acknowledging the opposing viewpoint gives your paper validity and can strengthen your case if you can give support against the opposing viewpoint.
What does the rubric say? Advanced Content- Clearly addresses the opposing viewpoint. What this looks like: Gives one reason that people who disagree with your claim might say to prove you are wrong. Uses solid reasons to prove why people who disagree with your claim are wrong about that reason and how you are actually correct in your claim. Proficient Content- Acknowledges the opposing viewpoint. What this looks like: Gives one reason that people who disagree with your claim might say to prove you are wrong.
Lets break down an example Giving trophies to everyone sends the wrong message ( reason). In life no one is getting rewarded for just showing up or doing what is required ( support for the reason). Although trophies can encourage kids to keep playing ( acknowledges an opposing view point), it is not an effective way to motivate players. ( provides a reason as a counter-argument). The trophies lose their meaning when everyone gets one. ( concluding sentence restates the claim)
Analyze this Trophies should be rewarded only to the best players. When everyone receives a trophy the meaning of the trophy is gone. Although some argue that trophies encourage kids of all abilities to play sports, Karen Coffin, a coach who writes about youth sports, and Dr. Michelle Anthony, an author and psychologist who works with kids and schools, agree that trophies are not the best way to motivate players (Coffin and Anthony). Instead of giving meaningless trophies, let s reward only the best players.
Strong Student Example Becoming bullied and/or threatened can cause teenagers mental health to break down. Social media causes lower self esteem, higher anxiety, depression, and poor sleep quantity, says Dr. Heather Cleland Woods (Woods). This means that parents should think about teens use on social media, in relation to switching it off. As Lindsay Ferrier points out in Teens Do Not Have a Right to Privacy from Parents , many parents are surprised to hear that their teens mental health has broken down, causing them to harm themselves (Ferrier). Together Dr. Heather Cleland Woods and Lindsay Ferrier think that social media is bad and will cause a break in metal health. Laura Santhanam disagrees. She says that Teens care a lot about what they share and how they share it, and they think about it quite a bit (Santhanam). In other words, she believes that what teens choose to post is important to their identity and the result of time and consideration. Though this can sometimes be true, most teens are irresponsible and post things like phone numbers, addresses, and even bad pictures of themselves, which can cause bullying, and can lead to damaging their mental health. Checking on adolescents' social media is important to do because it will prevent any damage and /or break down in teen s mental health.
Your Turn! Identify two locations where you could integrate counterarguments into your body paragraphs.
