Parents Should Be More Understanding
As parents, it's easy for us to compare our childhood with our kids these days, but we fail to understand that this current generation is not living the same childhood as we were.
Was social media this common during our time? The simple answer is no.
We have to understand if a kid is engaging on social media by liking a post or commenting on it, it is not because they are seeking attention it's just because if they don't do it then they will eventually start losing their social life because this is how we interact these days.
As parents we should stop comparing as the circumstances are not same
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