 TITLE: 8 Common Threats to Kids on Social Media CONTENT: ### 7\\. Social Media Addiction\nSocial media is fundamentally curated to keep kids scrolling. Expert psychologists tailor social sites with _persuasive design_, a psychological formula that trains social networkers to stay plugged in. By exploiting children's social tendencies, platforms can hook users from a young age and keep them firmly reeled in. From there, it can build to something resembling an addiction that can affect decision-making and, when removed, even trigger withdrawal. Your best option here is often to limit time online. You'll lessen the instant gratification they get from the sites, but their dependency on them will diminish as well. END