Psychologist Selver Yazıcı said that families should ensure that their children are not afraid of the dangers on social media and that they share with them, and said, “When children are excluded in social life, they start socializing on the internet.”
Stating that families should communicate well with their children and observe them well, Psychologist Selver Yazıcı said, “First of all, as a society, we are all very sad about the recent murder incidents. Of course, the social aspect of these events is very important as well as the psychological aspect. In this sense, I would like to say that education in society starts in the family. If the family communicates well with the child, supports the child well, ensures that the child is not afraid of them, ensures that they do not hide anything, and ensures that the child shares this with their family in an environment where they will be afraid or in an environment where they are excluded, we can at least prevent such situations. Family communication is very important here. Because when children are generally excluded from social life, they start socializing with friends they find on the internet, and these friends may not always be useful friends. As friendship progresses, as sincerity progresses, these situations can be taken in different directions. They can make friendships that can lead to situations such as the harmful organizations we have heard about recently, such as provoking children, blackmailing children, or pushing children into situations such as legalizing femicides, antagonizing women, and saying that they should die. In this sense, the biggest advice I can give to parents or families is to keep their relationships with their children intact and to observe their children really well. If children are not well observed, we can deduce things from the posters they hang in their rooms, the websites they visit, their behavior, even the things they hide. In this sense, families need to observe and supervise children well.”
“Children who cannot socialize outside are pushed into organizations on the internet”
Yazıcı said that families should allow their children to socialize within certain limits, otherwise children are pushed to organizations on the internet, “Of course, education starts in childhood. If our communication continues to be strong when we are 15-16 years old, not after the child enters puberty, but when he/she is still a child, it will be much more comfortable for you to communicate later on. In this sense, of course, parents can be very tired in social life, in business life or in current life. When they come home in the evening, they may not have time to take care of their children. I can understand that, but you wanted to bring those children into the world. So please remember to spend quality time with your children and communicate with them properly. At the end of the day, you should not think that I should put a tablet or a phone in the hands of the child so that he/she is away from me and I can relax and the child is in his/her own quiet room, away from danger. In fact, as we have seen from recent events, the biggest danger is actually in that tablet, phone and computer. Because the organizations are no longer in the social environment, outside, but on the internet, in broadcasts such as Twitch, in broadcasts such as Discord. So please check your internet providers properly. Restrict your children's internet if necessary. You can prevent them from accessing every website. Please communicate with your children properly. If a young person cannot really make friends and socialize, they can fall into the wrong path. In this sense, in order for children to socialize and make friends, please allow your children to socialize outside by getting to know their friends and their friends' families within certain limits. Because such children usually come out of families that are closed, not allowed, and have closed structures. Because they cannot socialize outside, they can resort to bad organizations on the internet. Apart from that, social problems such as ugliness, not being liked, not being accepted can also push children to such organizations. Please, let's be supportive of our children regarding their self-confidence, ugliness or beauty values. Let's help them. In this sense, I recommend that the guidance and counseling services of schools should be seriously observant and supportive. I wish these situations did not happen, but we are all obliged to do our best to prevent these situations. I hope such situations will never happen to us again. I hope we will not experience such situations again.”
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