By Trey Dellinger for DAILY CALLER
Social media is an odd thing.
The vast majority of Americans use it, but most think it has a negative effect on our society. As a Reagan conservative, my initial reaction to this issue was that protecting kids online is parents’ sole responsibility, not the government’s.
I’ve come to realize there’s more to the problem than this reflexive libertarian response.
Yes, parents are responsible for raising their kids. But it doesn’t happen in a vacuum.
Families are impacted by the environment around them. Social media has become part of the fabric of childhood. A U.S. Surgeon General report states that 95% of teenagers, and even 40% of children ages 8 to 12, use social media. Even when parents forbid their kids from getting on social media, nearly 8 in 10 kids use it anyway.
