Such sites offer today’s youth a portal for
entertainment and communication and have grown exponentially in
recent years. For this reason, it is important that parents become
aware of the nature of social media sites, given that not all of them are
healthy environments for children and adolescents. Pediatricians are
in a unique position to help families understand these sites and to
encourage healthy use and urge parents to monitor for potential problems
with cyberbullying, “Facebook depression,” sexting, and exposure
to inappropriate content.