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Schools say kids are compulsively using social media. But experts say they learned from the best

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What happens when the generation of kids whose parents shared all their milestones online gets older and starts using social media themselves?

Several Ontario school boards are suing some of the largest social media companies, alleging the way they’re designed has negatively rewired the way children think and behave.

But some experts say the onus is also on parents to reflect on their own social media use.

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Not only are parents modelling social media habits to their children with their own excessive use — half of the parents surveyed in a new study admitted spending� too much time on their phones, for instance — but they’re also sharing information about their own

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This story was originally published on  CBC News. To read the rest of this news worthy story, please visit https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/social-media-kids-parents-1.7158074?cmp=rss.

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