Jodie Sweetin talks about growing pressures of social media on kids

Jodie Sweetin, a mother of two teenage daughters, spoke about the pressures of social media on children today.

In an interview with TODAY, the 42-year-old actress revealed that she does her best to shield her children from getting disillusioned or misled on the internet.

“With the advent of social media, I think it’s even harder because you’re a kid,” said Jodie.

“You’re going to do dumb things. You’re going to post dumb things. You’re going to do silly things,” she continued. “And now all of the attention is on so many young people to be perfect and look good. … It’s a lot of pressure.”

The Full House star added that she told her daughter that what they see on social media is “not real.”

“I have honest conversations with them about what social media really is — that it’s not real,” shared Jodie. “The things that you see, that you wish you looked like, or you wish you were, are not the real people. … It’s edited.”

“I tell my kids, ‘Don’t put anything on the internet that you don’t want to see for the rest of your life,'” said the Fuller House alum.