5. The children can learn from many viewpoints they read on the social network. With so many trending topics online, teenagers are easily exposed to different opinions and ideas. The diversity can help shape their own views on things as well, or shed light on issues they are not familiar with. It helps them find their voice.
6. It helps them keep in touch with family members. Before social media, grandparents only see the kids during family holidays or a few weekends at a time. This also changed today because they can now always keep in touch on Facebook. It will be good for the kids to have a relationship with extended family members.
7. Only-child and home-schooled kids can gain more from social media. The network can widen their scope of interaction and learning from different people, as the UCLA Center study pointed out.