Social media is the reason for many of the world's problems and solutions. It can be used to raise awareness for an important cause, but it can also be used to spread hate, especially between teenagers. Being a teenager, I can be the first to say that social media is how most teens run their life, but is it the right way? As important as connection via the internet can be, social media does not have to be the primary source for teenagers. In a survey conducted by hashtags.org, "Americans were observed in terms of their online activities from 2006 to 2011. Social networking increased from 2.7 hours to 6.9 hours over the given period, while watching TV on the Internet increased from 6.3 hours to 23.1 hours (Infographic Shows How Much Time You Spend On Social Media). Teens are constantly complaining about being stressed with homework, but maybe homework isn't the main source of the stress. Usually, a kid who spends more time outdoors is a happier and healthier kid. The time teenagers spend outside has decreased significantly over time causing more depression and obesity. Not only does it affect health, social media deprives parents from having a conversation with their children without them checking their phone. Even though the positive effect of having a social media profile is to communicate with friends/family, they don't even have the decency to lift their head and engage in a conversation. Enjoying the little things around them becomes a difficult task to the average teenager when they are too busy tweeting about it. The contradicting effects of it goes to show that social media is not all it is talked up to be. Social media encourages the false images of how everything should be in a perfect world. This impact is what causes the insecurities and questionings to girls and boys. These misleading pictures of how bodies, relationships, houses, or cars should be are what lowers self esteem and leads to depression and suicides. In "Hi