Social media can help teenagers with healthy development but it can also create risks. As a parent or caregiver, you are the guardian of your child. These recommendations are based on research and will help you and your children be smart users of social media, avoiding the harms, and gaining maximum benefits.
Monitor and discuss your child’s social media use.
Parents should take a multipronged approach to social media management, including time limits, parental monitoring and supervision, and ongoing discussions about social media. As noted above, time limits can help teens with self-control and encourage moderate social media use. Limiting chat functions, especially among strangers, and limiting exposure to adult content is also recommended.
WHAT TO DO: Talk to your children weekly about how social media platforms work so they feel safe telling you about their experiences without judgment. Ask them what they saw on social media, how they understand what was posted, and pose hypothetical questions to them to learn how they would respond to various situations they might encounter online.
Model healthy social media use.
Research studies show teens learn some social media behavior and attitudes from their parents. To model good digital behavior, avoid using social media when at the dinner table or engaging in family time, and make sure your conversations about social media reflect the ways you want them to feel about social media use.
WHAT TO DO: Discuss how and why you use social media with your children. Set limits for social media use for yourselves and encourage your children to follow your example.
Watch for problematic social media use.
Keep an eye out for signs your child may be using social media in unhealthy ways. Your child’s social media use might be causing problems if:
It prevents them from getting at least 8 hours of quality sleep each night.
It prevents them from engaging in regular physical activity.
They keep using social media even when they express a desire to stop.
They experience strong cravings to check social media.They lie or use deceptive behavior to spend time online.
WHAT TO DO:Ask your child if any of these statements above are true for them. If you show solicitude for your child is dependent on social media or using it in unhealthy ways, consider enforcing new limits around accessing this technology.
(材料選自APA網(wǎng)站,有刪改)
1.Which of the following titles is the most suitable for this article?
A.Social media can help teenagers with healthy development but it can also create risks.
B.Encourage children to learn self-discipline and control the time they spend playing with their phones.
C.How to prevent children from becoming addicted to scrolling through social media.
D.Forcibly shutting down all children’s social media to achieve the goal of encouraging them to study hard.
2.Which of the following is something a mother cannot do when she discovers that her child is overusing their phone?
A. Set limits for social media use for yourselves and encourage your children to follow your example.
B.Talk to your children weekly about how social media platforms work so they feel safe telling you about their experiences without judgment.
C. Using social media when at the dinner table or engaging in family time, set unlimited time for children to play with their phones.
D. Keep an eye out for signs your child may be using social media in unhealthy ways.
3.What are not the consequences of not teaching children to control their phone usage time for a long time?
A.It prevents them from getting at least 8 hours of quality sleep each night.
B.It prevents them from engaging in regular physical activity.
C.They experience strong cravings to check social media.
D.They can play on their phones for a limited time and complete learning tasks.
4.What does the underlined phrase in the last paragraph mean?
A.Show loving care for.
B.Be completely unconcerned.
C.Take offence.
D.Be complained to.
1.C。解析:主旨大意題。材料主要講述防止孩子沉迷玩手機(jī)及刷社交媒體的應(yīng)對(duì)措施,C選項(xiàng)與材料內(nèi)容相符,故選C。
2.C。解析:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題干是“當(dāng)母親發(fā)現(xiàn)孩子過(guò)度使用手機(jī)時(shí),下列哪項(xiàng)是她不能做的?”,C選項(xiàng)“在餐桌上或與家人共度時(shí)光時(shí)使用社交媒體,給孩子們無(wú)限時(shí)間玩手機(jī)”與題干相符,故選C。
3.D。解析:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題干是“下面哪一項(xiàng)不是長(zhǎng)時(shí)間不教孩子控制手機(jī)使用時(shí)間的后果?”,D選項(xiàng)“他們可以在有限的時(shí)間內(nèi)玩手機(jī)并完成學(xué)習(xí)任務(wù)”與題干相符,故選D。
4.A。解析:詞義判斷題。畫(huà)線部分所在句子的意思是“如果你擔(dān)心你的孩子依賴(lài)社交媒體或以不健康的方式使用社交媒體,請(qǐng)考慮對(duì)訪問(wèn)這項(xiàng)技術(shù)施加新的限制”,因此“show solicitude for ”的意思是“擔(dān)心、關(guān)懷”,與“show loving care for”的意思相似,故選A。