development Our young people may still have good offline relationships and may only use social networking for fostering face- es to-face friendships However, if they continue to develop the narcissistic tendencies outlined above, along with a reduction in empathy, a fear of the unpredictability of friendships, and an inability to self-reflect, our young people could well be in trouble. It is therefore here that | would like to move on to making suggestions about ways to encourage our young people to avoid the pitfals of social networking so they can develop the kinds of frien