Breaking the rules: How social media changed my life

Once upon a time, I made some social-media rules for my young son that I promised I would follow myself. Rule #1: Never arrange to meet someone in person if you only know online. Rule #2) Never become “friends” with someone online if you don’t already know them in person. While cyber-safety common sense suggests that these are important rules to follow, I’ve managed to break them both. To be honest, I’ve broken a lot of rules in my lifetime. Sometimes things worked out okay, other times not so much. But breaking these two social media rules turned out to be among the best decisions I’ve ever made. For my health. For my sanity. For my life.