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Brianna's Obsession Through Social Media

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Brianna is a seventeen year old that attends South Huntington High School. To all of her friends and fellow classmates, she seems like an average teenager. She is always happy, bubbly, bright, and also extremely beautiful. Brianna had a difficult childhood. Her father was put in prison at age twenty-three, when Brianna was only two years old. Her mother often got extremely overworked and stressed out with her life, having to work two jobs which both payed minimum wage, and having to take care of three children, was most definitely not the easiest job in the world . Brianna has two younger siblings; Carson, who is eight years old, and Kaitlyn, who is three. Brianna’s mother often turned to alcohol to relieve some of the stress put on her. She …show more content…

"I have mixed feelings about how fast things are changing as a result of technology. There 's no denying that through technology there are amazing things being created that help people with diseases or help people 's dreams come true. But there 's also this obsession. Social media is the most dangerous of them all." -Amanda Crew. The author of this quote is immensely correct. Social media is becoming an obsession that will sooner than later become our reality."I had a hard enough time in high school, fitting in without having to keep up with Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook - all these ways you have to keep up your image." - Amanda Crew.Every single high schooler wants to be the popular kid at sometime or another. Kids are willing to do anything to make that happen. All they want is attention, mainly because teens don’t get attention at home. Just one drop of consideration can change a child 's whole view of life. It can help them believe that somebody cares about them enough to actually spend time with the …show more content…

The parents of children who don’t give their kids love and affection, will end up with insecure teenagers with poisoned minds and heartbroken souls. Take the time to show your child how truly extraordinary they are and how amazing they can become one day. Teenagers don’t deserve to be under the pressure of our society telling them they should be something they 're not. This generation is more important than anyone could ever imagine. Don’t let our children lose their sense of how amazing they honestly are just because somebody didn’t like their picture on facebook and they decided to post a hurtful comment on the picture. Help our generation heal from the diseased and incapacitated minds that our teenagers have today because of social

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