Is social media harmful for kids? Now that’s a question that gets asked a lot and by many different people. In my opinion I think yes, social media is harmful for kids. Now personally I’ve never been allowed to have social media, but I believe that makes my opinion more qualified. There is a ton of evidence that social media causes FOMO (fear of missing out), sleep deprivation, and cyberbullying. Mind you this is only some of the effects and some can be much worse than others. As a middle school girl, I’ve seen it first hand on how this can affect a growing girl or boy’s brain. I’ve seen my friends cry because they don’t think they’re pretty enough, and that image is getting put into their brain by those instagram models with filters on 24/7. In conclusion I believe that social media is very harmful to kids.