Social Media Use: Its Impact on Families and Parenting

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Social media has been seen as a powerful impact maker in the life of nearly everyone in our society. Social media is not only characterised as a communication medium; it has helped us in deepening our roles, perceptions, and understanding, by opening the doors of knowledge to and opportunities from various social media sites. In this tough time of the global pandemic of COVID-19, social media emerged as a boon to the education system and to other streams as well, where sharing of information and reaching the masses has become easier as an alternative source to physical meetings, thus highlighting the positive aspects of it. Social media impacts relationships in the family and the family system. Objective of this study: This paper will reflect on the social media prospects in detecting openness of family communications and developing collective family consciousness. Perceptions developed with social media work as a mediator in family ties, thereby developing or negating family ties and parenting skills. Therefore, there is a need to characterise the impact of technologies in the name of social media as an opportunity or a risk, so that it does not damage family relationships. This study will foster the perceptions about the potential impact and functional use of social media on family relationships.

Keywords: Social Media, Use of Technology, Family and Parenting Skills, Family Ties and Social Media, Family Efficacy, Open Communication

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