Bangladesh University of Professionals Journal BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF PROFESSIONALS JOURNAL
Article Info: BUP JOURNAL, Volume - 7, Issue - 2, December - 2019, Volume - 7, Issue - 2, Article #3
Publish Date: December 1, 2019
Authors(S): 1. Md Ashraful Islam
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Keywords: Social Media, Adolescent, Development, Parenting
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Abstract

Adolescents’ self-development is a harmonized process attained by instilling physical, cognitive, social, emotional and ethical
attributes in them. But the recent domination of ‘Social Media’ on the society has set barriers for the parents to breed those
attributes to the adolescents. This study firstly attempts to uncover how social media is affecting adolescents to stimulate their
self-development attributes. Afterwards, it critically examines the effects of social media dominance on ‘parenting’. This is an
exploratory and descriptive research. The research findings show that inappropriate digital literacy, unsuitable parenting style and
inconsistency in work-life balance of the parents are the core challenges that hinder adolescents’ self-development. Moreover, the
overall moral decay of the society in this ‘social media’ obsessive community also acts as the major barrier against good parenting
practices. To offset those challenges, the research proposes a three-dimensional methodology encircling a suggestive parenting approach,
institutional drive and individual self-awareness. The combination will implant harmonious self-development attributes to the
adolescents and protect them from the unknown adversaries of online world through ‘Social Media’.