How Social Media and Trends Reshape Morality

A child of six years old operating a phone don’t get me wrong, this is a digital generation, and surely some use technology to learn. My only concern is the growing carelessness of parents. You give your child a real phone, not programmed or guided for educational use, yet he can access anything. He is on Facebook, on Instagram, and you call it a big man lifestyle But when a teacher tries to correct such behavior or warn about how it affects the child’s education, she is labeled as old-fashioned.

Then consider cases of emergency when an accident happens, instead of rushing to help the victim, many people now rush to capture the scene. They make videos, take photos, and upload them online for just views and likes instead of rescuing the victim. It makes no sense to me. Capturing moments isn’t bad, but when it replaces empathy and action, it becomes morally wrong. Recording human**** suffering just to create content is not creativity it is cruelty.

And then we have content creators. Some go to extreme lengths, even exposing their bodies in the name of “content.” Celebrities who are supposed to inspire the youth now normalize immoral behaviors on screen, forgetting that many young people look up to them as role models. When anyone dares to speak the truth about such acts, fans attack, calling the person old-fashioned, jealous, or bitter.

Content creation has lost its moral compass. Because of money, dignity is traded away, and the younger generation is being enslaved by the desire to chase clout. The truth now sounds bitter to the ears of so many person.

Social media was meant to be a space for connection, learning, and growth a place to meet new people and exchange ideas. But sadly, it has become a space of scams, immorality, and fake lifestyles. The phones and laptops in our hands were supposed to help us learn, do business, and make life easier. Instead, they have become tools used by some to deceive and harm others.

In my opinion, the root of this moral decay starts with parents who give phones to minors without guidance or supervision. When children grow up seeing immorality online as normal, they adopt it as a way of life, and the cycle continues.

We live in a digital world, and that gives parents double responsibility to train their children not just in morals, but also in how to use technology wisely. Technology itself isn’t the problem; the problem is how we use it. We can choose to use it for good, or we can misuse it at the expense of others’ happiness and peace.

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