Do chat bots cripple social skill development in children and teens?

 

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There are similar concerns about the crimpling of human social skills when people resort to on-line social media to meet their needs for social connection.

Posting on social media is a performance not a relationship.

Posting on Facebook and other social media is about performing for an audience, not about developing reciprocity in relationships. People on social media are not “friends”, but fans and critics.

David G. Markham, L.C.S.W. - R.

Virtual reality isn't really real and can cause depression