Mirela Fejzic

Mental Health Worries Mental health is important for all individuals, no matter their age. Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. The way that we think, feel, and act all comes from the current state of our mental health. I chose to focus on the mental health category since the students that I currently have are the ones who seem to have been affected the most by the pandemic. Although we have been in school for only a month and a half, I can already tell what state my students' mental health is. There are more students that I'm worried about than not. I always thought that the cause of this was social media because, each student owns smartphone. After reading through a few sources, I have learned some information that opens my eyes to the current situation.  Image Source Social Media Takes Over We all have people that we look up to, either as role models or heroes. Most of the time, children will choose a celebrity to be their idol. Their i...

Common Sense Census The Common Sense Media has created a report to take a look at media use of tweens and teens during the pandemic and compare it to previous years. This report even takes a closer look at how kids are spending their time, and which media activities they enjoy most. It is finally time to see how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected kids especially with media use. Image Source The first finding through this report was the increase of media use among tweens and teens. According to The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens, 2021 it is stated that, "Media use in tweens and teens has grown faster since the start of the pandemic than it has over the four years prior to the pandemic" (3). This entertainment screen includes time spent watching television and online videos, playing video games, using social media, browsing websites, creating content, e-reading, and other digital activities. Within the report it is also stated that, "From 2015 to 2019,...