Today's young people are surrounded by electronics and technology now plays an important role in the "growth" and development of young adolescents. Social media, such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have become the hub of everyone's life in today's society, including these teenagers during their developmental period. Parents need to start asking themselves what effects this new and popular medium of interpersonal social interaction has on the physical conditioning, emotional development, and cognitive development of young adolescents. The negative impact of social media in the education of these children causes health problems that the children may be susceptible to, psychological and brain effects, and their actual social life that is not on social media. Using the qualitative and qualitative data that has been found, the impact of social media on mental and social development is that it causes children to become more susceptible to groupthink and have less ability to make personal decisions independent of what the majority of their friends want to do. Social media also allows children to establish stable relationships with others. The growing effects of social media on the development of school-aged children have led many students to become less interested in their school studies and to spend less time learning and reading and more time on these websites. The effect of social media on children's development is predominantly negative, especially regarding the mental and physical health of these children. The effect that overexposure to social media has on the social development of children in today's electronic age is negative when it comes to the process... middle of the paper... emotional issues. Students also see their academics decline due to the imbalance of time spent between being on the computer on social media sites and spending time working on classwork and reading. The physical conditioning of the current generation has also declined dramatically, with obesity and psychological health risks rising to new levels with this generation. Overall, the various effects of social media are negative due to the amount of time spent on it, as children have taken a tool and abused it to the point of becoming addicted. In fact, although social media is a great way to connect with others, outside of direct face-to-face connections, unfortunately young teens are relying too much on it as a crutch for social connection and it is only hindering their interpersonal skills and limiting themselves for the long term. run.