What About the Boyfriend in a Closet and the Biggest Question for Dr. Phil?

“I picture that young living brain in my hands again pulsating to the vibrations of what I think I want to call the Media Monster. A bigger question crosses my mind about how to protect teenage girls from falling prey to this giant clown face with its cavernous mouth feeding off Celtie Selfies, power-tripping them, stuffing them with stuff the crowds want to see, rather than something that will benefit them as an individual.” Excerpt from Teen Girl Faces Time in the Sand

I do not regularly watch Dr. Phil … lack of time, depressing topics of families hitting rock bottom in full frontal view of the world. But when I do, I am always impressed how he can turn around the most bitter vibes of accusations and dysfunctional relationships to get both sides talking with reasonable tones when focus is on regaining personal traction and truths. Given a choice, don’t most of us want to choose to be better?

But I did pay attention to one show called Social Media Meltdown Parenting Gone Wild. It centered on two mothers who were live streaming, or posting videos, for what they thought was for their private audience of social media friends; but which reached over 100 million combined views due to the voracious media’s nature of seeing vengeful feedback verging on psychotic.