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Aussie Parents Fear Social Media More Than Drugs, Alcohol or Smoking

posted by janrinok on Tuesday March 13 2018, @11:26AM   
from the spliffs-but-no-tweets dept.

c0lo writes:

The Australian Broadcast Corporation reports:

Australian parents are more worried about their children using social media and technology than drugs, alcohol or smoking, according to new research.

The youth mental health support service ReachOut surveyed parents of 12 to 18-year-olds about their concerns and found that 45 per cent were worried about their children's use of social media.

Technology closely followed at 42 per cent.

In comparison, 25 per cent were worried about their children using drugs, alcohol or smoking. [...] ReachOut surveyed 890 parents in December 2017, a month before the suicide of 14-year-old Amy "Dolly" Everett put cyberbullying on the national agenda.

Mr Nicholas said parents were concerned about the anonymity of social media. "They're really concerned about the nature of bullying that may happen on social media sites and how easy it is given that this is a product that young people are likely to use every day," he said. "That the harm and particularly the psychological harm can be really significant."

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Original Submission

• What do you expect, this is Australia... What do you expect, this is Australia... (Score: 3, Interesting) by choose another one on Tuesday March 13 2018, @12:03PM (1 child)

  by choose another one (515) on Tuesday March 13 2018, @12:03PM (#651786)

  Remember we're talking about a country where sports fans get annoyed at the imposition of alcohol limits of 24 cans of beer per person per day (or 4 litres of wine).

  That must, must, require extensive training from childhood, so of course they aren't worried about their kids and alcohol, they know they are well trained for that.

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• Well, I'm an Australian, and yeah, that sux. (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 14 2018, @03:58AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 14 2018, @03:58AM (#652145)

  What you've got to understand is that's a mere slab of light (by Oz standards, ie: ~2.4%) beer. And it's way overpriced to boot. We (nobody) don't need training to drink that stuff, but you do need huge bladders outherwise you spend all you time, umm, making room for the next beer. SO, YOU MISS THE SPORT. That's the problem.

  (one day I should really sign up)

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