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Dear Concerned Mother,
I saw your letter and I think you shouldn't be so worried about it.
The internet does have some bad sides in it but I think the good sides overcome them. There is always somebody who is bullying and trying to trick people, but they are easily avoided. And the good sides of social media are that your kid can learn many things there and get new friends. Of course, if your kids don't do anything else except they are on phone, you should limit their time on it.
Don't worry too much I think your teenagers know internet risks.
Yours, Ask a Student

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I saw your letter and I understand that you are worried about your teenagers and all the social media risks. I think you should make rules with your children, how much and when they use the internet and social media so they won't  do it all day long. It would be good if you create the accounts together and you know all the passwords so then you would be able to see the accounts whenever you wanted if you had any worries about them.
If you don't want that your children will meet anyone, you have to talk about it with them and make sure they know that the people on the internet are not always who they say they are, and  it can sometimes be really dangerous.
Yours, Inka

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I saw your letter and really understand why you are worried. And I know that there are some bad things that come with the social media, but I can assure you that your kids will be fine. Of course, they have to be careful on the social media. There are a lot of benefits that come with the social media. For example, quite many teenagers have met new friends on the media and become best friends. Also there is a lot of information as well that might help your kids with school or life in general.

And if you don't want them to stare at that one screen in their rooms the whole day, which I think a lot of parent don't want their kids to be doing, you can put screen time on their phones. Basically you put a certain time that they can be on their phones and when that time has passed all the apps esc. close and they can't use them until you reset the time or take it away.

In my opinion, you should let them have social media. I'm sure that they can behave themselves on the media and be careful. But before you allow them to use it, talk about the dangers of the media so they understand that not everything is right and good on the social media.

Yours, Ville

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I read your letter and I really understand your concern.  Most of the teenagers are using social media nowadays. There are lots of bullies on social media but there are also good people.  If you want to know more about social media, you need to ask your children about it and what they do there. But you shouldn't worry too much about it.
Yours, Ellen

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Dear Concerned Mother,

I read your letter and I understand why you are worried. I think that the internet can be bad to your child but if you are careful and ask what your child wants to do on the social media, it helps.

The internet can bring lots of good things to your child. I can tell you that I have got new friends on social media. Social media has a lot of benefits, for example you can find so much information, and it can help with school.

If you're worried about your child, and think what your child does on social media, you can download some application that tells you about your child's phone use.

I'm sure that your child can use social media safely and you don't have to worry about it. Talk about the dangers of the internet with your child so your child will understand what is good and what is bad and everything will go well.

Yours, Nicola

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I read your letter and it's true that teenagers might be staring at a screen a lot or getting bullied or something bad, but not everyone.
I think that you should let them be involved in social media if you give good instructions to your children. For example, you should put screen time to your children Social media is everywhere nowadays and it's not that bad as it may sound. Social media has a lot of benefits, for example, the internet is a good source of information.
I'm sure that your children can be safe on social media, but that requires you to care about what your children are doing there.
Yours, Susanna

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I read your letter and I really understand why you are concerned. In this world where teenagers spend so much time on social media it's understandable that you are worried about your kids.
There is still so much good on social media. For example, they can make new good friends and learn new useful things on social media. It's true that social media has also bad sides but  I think that there are more good sides than bad sides.
Of course, it's not good that kids spend the whole day online. I think you should let them be involved in social media because they will need skills to use the internet right when they grow up.
Yours, Josefiina

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I saw your text and I think that you should not be so worried. The internet is a great place for teenagers and not a waste of time. They can find something interesting and fun on the internet that they can turn into something great. They can also look for information and learn many things on the internet.

Of course, there are also many bad things on the internet but you can learn to get rid of them. You can, for example, block people if they seem to be suspicious. Also bullying can be stopped if you just talk to them and solve the problem.

So after all, the internet is not that bad. You should definitely let your kids be on social media. And if you get concerned about the time on the screen, you can talk with your kids about limited screen time.
Yours, Elina

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I saw your letter and I understand that you are worried about your teenagers and all the social media risks. I think you should make rules with your children how, how much and when they use the internet and social media so they won't  do it all day long. It would be good if you created the accounts together and you knew all the passwords so then you would be able to see the accounts whenever you wanted if you had any worries about them.
If you don't want that your children will meet anyone, you have to talk about it with them and make sure they know that the people on the internet are not always who they say they are, and  it can sometimes be really dangerous.
Yours, _ _ _ _

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I can see that you are worried about your kids but I can assure that nowadays you  can't really be out of the internet because it's everywhere.

You can make social media safer to your kids. For example, teach them to make more confident passwords and tell them that talking to strangers isn't a very good idea. Tell them not to trust everything they see on the internet.

I think that you can use the  internet safely if you just follow the rules and keep your privacy to yourself.
Yours, Noora

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Dear Concerned Mother,  as you stated in your letter, your children are currently teenagers. Social media etiquette is going to be a vital skill in the future, as its influence grows. Because of this, the earlier you start teaching your children appropriate use of social media, the better for their future. Be sure to teach your child how to behave online and you should have no problems.
Yours, Lauri

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I read your letter and I understand your worries. Everybody knows that the internet has dark sites. Children may not know about it so we have to tell them how to be safe on the internet. You have to set limits so they will see less uncomfortable stuff. As you said your child is a teenager so in my opinion they have to know how to behave on social media. They can learn and find new things too. So my position of this struggle is that you have to let your child live their lives but keep an eye on them.
Yours, Sara

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I see that you are trying to protect your kids from the social network
dangers, but I believe that your teenager kids are wise enough to understand that every thing that they hear and see, isn't true. There are some children whose parents have not been warned enough that there are liars and dangerous people on social media sites. I hope that you trust your own kids and let them experiment the good things that come with the social network. Sadly it is true that some people, even adults behave so childishly and bully others, but why you should listen to what some strangers have to say about you, when you can live your own life and let those randoms stay on their own worth.
Anyways, even though social network has its own cons, it is very useful and fun if you find the right sites.

Yours, Pinja

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I read your letter and I really understand your worries about networking sites. It is true that children can get bullied on social networking sites but not everyone. Social media is, after all, a safe place if you tell your children good confines. There are so many good sites which you can trust. And you can find some new information on networking sites. But I recommend that you put some screen time at least. And remember to keep your privacy to yourself.
Yours, Jenna

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I absolutely do understand your worries about the possibilities of your children being bullied on the social media.
Social media can be a cruel place to teenagers. To releave your stress about it, you and your youngsters should get to know to the social networking sites together.  Make sure you both know the terms of the sites and keep all your accounts private so you don't need to interact with strangers.
Let your children have a limited time on the internet a day so they won't spend all their time on the web.
There are also good things on social media, like interacting with your friend and making new ones. Be kind to others and everyone will hopefully be kind back to you.
Yours, Roosa

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I see that you are worried about your kids but you shouldn't be that worried. There are many ways why social media is really good.You can meet up new people there and get to know them and get new friends.When everybody else is there you feel like you are part of a group.You can chat to all your friends easily.You can find information about anything and there are even apps that are only for helping people with their questions.And, as for those creeps on social media, you can just block them instantly if they start harassing you.You can also make all your accounts private for only to your friends and closest people to see.
As a mother you should teach your kids not to trust random people online.If your child starts to spend too much time online, set up some ground rules of how long they can spend online.
All in all, social media is a good place and it's perfectly normal to chat, share videos and photos and play games online. All of that is now a part of childhood.There are many more pros than cons so you should not worry.
Yours, Teemu K

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Dear Concerned Mother, as you are the mother of teenagers it is good that you think things like that. And yes, everything like bullying is possible but not confirmed.
There's one excellent thing that you can do to those problems that come with the  internet. Just inform your child to tell you if some stranger wants to chat with him/her. In addition, make limits on how long your child can be on the phone daily.
Instead of asking these questions from yourself, you should ask how I can control my child's possible social media behavior.
Yours, Niilo

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I just read your  letter and I understand why you are worried. These days almost everyone uses social networking sites, so you should not be worried. There are many good things on the internet, and if you don't let your children use the internet now, it will be harder to learn to use it in the future. Communicating on the internet with your friends is easy.
Yours, Veera

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Dear Concerned Mother, first you have to understand that every single teenager wants to be a part of social media. And secondly, the internet does not just contain bullying and weird strangers. There are a lot of good things for example new friends and you can find information so easily.
You should let your kids  sign up on social media because not being there can lead to bullying, but remember to tell them rules and don't let them go to harmful sites.
However, I understand your concern but I think that you need to relax and just don't think so much.
Yours, Pihla

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I understand why you are worried. I think that as all other things, social media has both bad and good sides to it. Because of the good sides, in my opinion you should let your children sign up for those social interacting sites. There they can for example make new friends who are interested in similar things as they, get information about what is happening in the world right now and have a great amount of fun.
However, I definitely think that you as their mother should tell them about the dangers they might face on those sites, for example bullying and unwanted contacts from suspicious people. In addition, you should keep an eye on them every once in a while when they use the social media and ask them to tell you if they see anything inadequate on those sites. Give them clear rules about using the social media, such as not to tell their passwords or personal information to strangers and to be nice to everyone there.
Reasonable use of the internet can bring so much joy and benefits to your children's lives as long as they stay safe and stay within its reasonable using.
Yours, Jenna

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I realize your concerns about social media. But social media is everywhere and almost every teenager uses it nowadays.
it is good to remember the dangers of the Internet and use  it responsibly and rationally.
There are many good things about social media. You can find new friends but you have to be sure who you are talking to. You can also get inspiration to different things.
If you are worried about addictions you can decide the rules for using social media.
I think you also have to trust your kids and not worry too much. Remember you can always ask them how it goes!
Yours, Noora

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I can understand your worries about social media. We all know that the internet can be a dark place. But by telling your kids the rules which they have to follow on the internet, the social media can become a really useful place for them. On social media they can for example have new friends, check the latest news and keep in touch with their friends.
The rules for using the internet could be these for instance: do not meet strangers in a remote location. Always meet them on a public place. Anyone on the internet can pretend to be something that they really aren´t. Rule number two: always tell an adult if you've been bullied on the internet. The last thing you should tell your kids about the internet is that they should know that once you have published a picture on the internet it can be really hard to get it away from there. Sometimes even impossible.
Discuss the internet with your children. After all, the internet is a very significant and useful place these days.
Yours, Iida

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I read your letter and I totally understand why you are worried. Social media is everywhere and nowadays most people use it.
There are many cons on social media for example bullying as you wrote. I know that social media concerns you but there are always two sides of things.
Social media brings so many benefits to people. There you can talk with your friends and meet new people and get information what is happening in the world and many more.
I just think you should ask your children about social media and what they are doing there and which pros and cons they know on social media.
You should tell your children what they should keep on their mind while using social media and how to behave there. You can talk about rules for example what to do if they want to meet someone who they have only been talking on social media. You can also make a compromise about screen time and what and where to post photos.
So yes, I think you should let your children be involved in social media. I hope my answer will help you and make you believe in the benefits on social media.
Yours, Helka

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I just read your letter and I think that you should not be worried about your kids being on social media. I understand your concern. I would probably think the same as you if I was a mother, but you really should not be worried that much.
There are more good qualities than bad ones on social media. Teenagers can talk to their friends and have new friends. There can be weird strangers who want to trick your child, but they can take care of themselves. They might get bullied, but you have to ask if someone is bulling them. They can tell you or not. It is their decision.
I think that you really should let your kids sign up for social networking sites. They might be there a lot but it is also good for them. Your kids can listen to music on the net, watch movies, get answers to their questions. You can do that too if you want to.
You can also sign up for the websites so you can follow what your kids are doing there. For example, you can see what photos they are sharing to media. You can also tell them to make their account private if you don't want any stranger to see their photos.
Yours, Vivica

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I read your letter and I totally understand why you are worried. Your children are teenagers and I guess they know what they are doing on the internet. Have you ever told the dangers of the internet to your kids? I think you have to accept the internet as part of your kids' lives. Actually your kids are not kids any more because they are teenagers. They are almost young adults and they need more freedom in life. If you want to know for example something about their social media profiles, just ask. They will give you the answer.
However, I understand your point but be not so worried. The Internet's bright side is bigger than the dark one.
Yours, Saara

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I read your letter and I understand why you are worried.
I would be worried too if I didn't know social media that well, but there are a lot of good sides to it as well, such as getting to communicate with friends easily and getting a lot of new friends as well, even from other countries or even continents. I know that cyber bullying might seem like a huge problem but it isn't that common and it can be easily avoided and ignored unlike bullying in real life.
Through social media teens can also learn lots of social skills which they will probably need in the future when they are all grown up.
Yours, Veeti

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I understand your worries. It is true that kids can get bullied on social media, but so does everyone else. You just have to talk about the dangers of social media with your children. Maybe even make social media rules.

With regard to the fact that social media is a waste of time, I don't agree. It is a huge part of today's world and it's important to know how to use it right. So my advice would be that let your children be involved in social media, but first make rules for them. Be interested in what they do there, but also give them privacy.
I'm sure it will turn up good for all of you.
Yours, Salla

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I understand your point. My stepmom thought the same things when my little sister was younger. I think social media is a great chance to communicate. I`m pretty sure, children join social media anyways at some point.
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Dear Concerned Mother,
I read your letter and I got your point, because many teenagers have been bullied on the internet and there are many dangers here. You can talk with your children and make some rules about the internet. But I think that there are also so many good things like making new friends etc. It seems a bad place to be but it's so much more. I think you should set them screentime. They can spend time on the internet, but within limits.
Good luck with this situation.
Yours, Jenni

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I know that social media may sound a bad place, but it can also be a good place.
Nowadays almost every youngster is on social media. The most popular social media pages are Instagram and Snapchat. There people share their own pictures and talk with friends. For some people it can be easier to get new friends on the internet than in real life.
You don´t want your kids to stare at the screen all day. Did you know that you can put screen time on their phones? If they are too much on phone you can see it.
Yours, Emmi

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Dear Concerned Mother, I saw your letter and I understand your concern.
I wanted to tell you that social media isn't as bad as people may tell you. It is actually a really great place to meet new people from all over the world that you have things in common with. Your children can also use the internet and social media to get help with their homework and other school related things.
If you don't want them to spend all of their day on their phones, you can first try to talk to them about it, and if that doesn't work then maybe limit their time on there.
Talk with your children about safe use of social media and try to guide in the right direction there.

Yours Truly, Maiju :)

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I read your letter and I know that it seems like a big waste of time but  it really isn't like that, possibilities to get cyberbullied are very low so you should not use so much energy to that.
There are so many good things in the network and social media.
You can find friends and communicate with them. In this time it is very usual to play video games online with friends. Posting information or stories is very common too. People share their pictures, videos, blogs, stories and many people find those very helpful.
There are so many dangers too if you don't know how to use the internet, but literally it is so easy to work with it.
You should find out how you can use the network easily. You can express yourself and tell your own story.
You shouldn't be worried about that.
Yours, Veera

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Dear Concerned Mother,

I understand your concerns and the fact is that yes there is and always will be bullying on the social media, but I don't think it's as common and as big of a problem as you think it is. For kids and teenagers social media is a way to connect with people similar to them and I think it would be a big mistake for them not to join it and I don't think it's a waste of time since it teaches kids about the internet and to not trust everyone on there.

For the staring at the screen all day part I'd just like to say that it probably won't happen and if it looks like your kids are too much on their phones you can always set some limits and tell them that for example you can only spend an hour or two on your phone.

Yours, Jesse

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I read your letter and I understand your worries about the internet. But there are so many good things about the internet such as finding a lot of information, finding new friends, reading news, shopping online, talking with people, expressing yourself and much
more.
You don't need to worry
about the internet if you don't give any information about yourself.
Yours, Kiia

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Dear Concerned Mother,
It's true that social media has its own problems: kids can get bullied and so on.
But I think you can let your kids sign up for social media if they want to. The internet can be a safe and very helpful place. You just have to make very simple rules to your kids. Tell them about the internet's problems. They can't talk to anyone they meet. Don't let them stare at their screens all day. Make sure that the sites they sign up for are safe.
By letting your kids sign up for social media they have a chance to make new relationships. They won't stay outside for example their own friends' discussions etc.
Of course, the final decision is in your hands.
Yours, Linnea

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I understand how you feel, as a parent it must be hard to make the right choices with things like this. My first advice would be to talk with your children and ask them about the sites they want to join. The sites that you can find lot of information online are usually safe.
Don't be too worried about them getting bullied online. A lot of sites automatically delete mean comments and texts before they even get published. You can also tell your kids to make their accounts private. It means that they must first accept other users before it's possible to chat with them. That makes it harder for those weird strangers to meet your kids.
Nowadays most youngsters have social media accounts. Interacting happens mostly trough social media and it's possible that your children could feel like they were outsiders if they didn't have those accounts. Even if social media caused them more screen time, it's worth it to have some social life on the internet also.
Yours, Aino

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I think you should be involved in your child's use of social media. They can learn so much and they need that ability. Because today we need that ability in school. Of course, there are dangers on the net, but you have to tell about the dangers to your child before you let them use social media.
Maybe they can get a job from social media some day.
Yours, Anna-Maria

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I saw your letter and read it. I think you should let your teenagers sign up for social networking sites.  It's true that social networking sites seem like a big waste of time, but it is also beneficial. For example, they can get new friends and learn new things. And you can set your teens screen times.
I can't believe your kids would be bullied on social networking sites.  Especially, if they know how to behave themselves there. With your own behavior, you can make a big difference in how safe social media is. For example, it is important to think about what you post and say on social media and if you keep your accounts private or not. It's also good for your teens to think about who they meet in real life.
Yours, Wilhelmiina

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I just read your letter about your worries and I see your point. You do not need to be so worried about it.
I recommend you let them sign up for the social media and network sites. It shouldn't be that dangerous. But I recommend that you put screen time or some blocks to keep them away from being too much on the screen. I don't think that they can get bullied easily.
Yours, Anttoni

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Dear Concerned Mother,
I read your letter and  I totally agree with you. I think that the internet isn't good to us.
There are so many useless things on the network sites. But there are many good things too. For example, there are all these information sites and the instructive videos there.
I think that you have to let your kids visit the network sites. But  you also have to look at or check what they are doing there.
You can tell them what kind of dangerous thing there is. They should make private accounts. With that kind of account you can yourself choose who is following you. It's harder for strangers to take contact to you.
Yours, Iivari

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Dear Concerned Mother, there are so many benefits of social media. You can find a lot of information. You can get new friends, read news and watch videos. You can express yourself.
If someone gets bullied, they can block users.
If you want to use the internet safely you need to come up with good passwords. You can´t write whatever you want so you have to think about what you write.
Don`t be mean and comment only positive things. Don´t worry about haters because you are better than them.
Yours, Ursula