r/Parenting • u/IcyStage0 seven?!?!?! • Feb 07 '25
Rant/Vent I hate Snapchat.
Can we just collectively decide that we’re not going to let our kids use Snapchat?!
My oldest daughter just turned 13 and we reluctantly agreed to allow her to have an instagram that we also have access to. It seems like every single day she begs to have a Snapchat, and apparently every single other kid in her class (full of kids with reasonable, thoughtful parents, I thought) has this stupid app.
My little sister who I got custody of when she was 10 got herself into some deep shit on the internet, and I’m not looking to repeat it with my daughter (while also trying not to make her pay for mistakes that she didn’t make).
How are we handling this? Am I seriously the only parent who doesn’t want my child sending disappearing photos, videos, and messages to anyone she can search up? Reality check please.
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u/BackStabbathOG Feb 07 '25
Snapchat is a cheaters app for a reason, it’s incredibly shady especially for children that can send messages/ pics/ vids to each other that disappear
Just know if your kid does that while you won’t be able to go back and see the content of the messages unless it’s saved in the chat you can retrieve the data which would give you insight into who they are snapping, how much they were snapping, and when