There has been many debates on social media and kids; with arguments ranging from how it rots a child’s mind and turns it to mush, no educational value in social media, and it contributes to poor health because all they do is sit at a computer. In my opinion this is true for adults as well. Anything in excess is not good for anyone no matter what the age is but there are also good benefits to social media and kids.

Social media has made the world a smaller place and has forged relationships that we normally would of not had the opportunity to have. It plays a role in every aspect of life today from the mommy blogger, to the actor, to news media, corporations, churches, and even some schools. Social media has made it easier for people to connect, whether it be for business or for friendship. Technology has come such a long way over the years.

Jem started twitting with me when she was 8 years old. She instantly fell in love with it and wanted to learn more about social media, blogging and about our business. She wanted to blog so away she went and the domino effect happened with the other two kids who were 6 and 10 at that time. As adults its hard enough to get people to read your blog; can you imagine how hard it is to get people to read blogs from kids. I came up with an idea while I was blogging for Saronti, a children’s website. I thought how great would it be if this site had an area for my kids to blog. The owner of the site thought it was a great idea, so we did a feed and she published their blogs. I will never forget that day, the kids excitement and sense of accomplishment to see their blogs published on Saronti. It was very exciting to me as a parent because who would have read or even publish a kids blog. It is no longer a pain staking task to get them to write. They write about all sorts of things from dinosaurs to whats going on with them. It is a way for them to express themselves as individuals.

Jem was still wanting more social media for kids and wanted to start a business so she came up with an idea of a social media site for kids.The domino affect happened again and her brother and sister jumped onboard. She loves connecting with kids from around the world. So the site was created with their help so they could meet more kids and make a difference in the world.. Connecting with kids from other parts of the world/country is a great learning experience for kids. They can learn how other kids live, what they think about and what they have in common. They can play games with educational value, practice their writing skills with blogging, learn to put what they think and change it into thoughts, create groups to voice their opinions and make a change/difference in the world. Kids connecting with kids to make the world a better place. Who says social media has to be just for adults.