When a child doesn't use social media responsibly

doschicos
Wed, 07 Jun 2017 17:24:56 +0000

When my kids were about 13ish and wanted to create a Facebook account, my rule was I had to have access to it for the first year or so, so that they could prove their responsibility on social media to my satisfaction. Having that kind of oversight and conversation early is the key IMO. I also made sure their Facebook accounts were on lockdown so only the bare minimum was visible.

I am another who made my kids wait on smart phones, well into high school. They survived fine.

I’m truly shocked how many people have so much of their social media readily available to the general public. So easy to set the settings so only “friends” can see it. Obviously, many people don’t agree based on what is freely available to any eyes.

What exactly is the point of creating a finsta anyway? What possible good comes out of it?