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What all apps are bad for Teenagers?

So I got teenage daughters and a son and they can't live without their mobile..what all popular or other apps shouldn't be in their mobile at all?
helenS · 36-40, F
Please do not restrict your children's access to programs.
(a) It will not work anyway, they will always find a way to use the unwanted program
(b) Have confidence in your kids. Trust them.
helenS · 36-40, F
@Curvyvixen Thank you - if you didn't trust your own kids, you would have to snoop around, and the result will be a hide and seek game. They will start mistrusting [u]you[/u] too. 🌷
Curvyvixen · 36-40, F
@helenS thanks for the suggestiom
OldBrit · 61-69, M
@Curvyvixen I agree with @helenS whilst my two grew up before smartphones really took off they had pcs and Internet access. We never put parental restrictions on but we openly discussed porn, deception online etc and then gave the trust to them.
callis40 · 46-50, M
i think any app that allows random strangers to send pics or messages without being friends first is dangerous for younger people
helenS · 36-40, F
@callis40 Let's say the usual SW "weirdo" is a nice male person, just a little bit eccentric.
UpForItNow · 22-25, F
@helenS That's how I see myself!
helenS · 36-40, F
@UpForItNow Yes, and what would the world be like, without those lovely eccentrics!
Oppressed children tend to go wild later. Best to teach them not police them. If you teach them they will police themselves. If you police them directly they will resent you and go nuts behind once you are out of the picture. Don't create an environment so oppressive they have to seek escape/release some other place like drugs or sleeping with someone who will save them.
Curvyvixen · 36-40, F
@canusernamebemyusername agree with yoj
ozgirl512 · 26-30, F
All the interesting ones possibly..
Curvyvixen · 36-40, F
@ozgirl512 name few
ozgirl512 · 26-30, F
@Curvyvixen I honestly don't know.... I'm one who escaped... Just here and normal text messages when necessary
SW-User
Facebook, tiktok for starters
dimfok · 22-25, M
As a teen I had access to any app I wanted to. My parents told me "If we don't let you do it, you'll find a way to do it secretly, so simply be careful". I always suggest people to follow the same approach. Although I'd be having a chat with them if they visited SW hahaha
Doometernal · 26-30, M
You can't stop em
SW-User
Curvyvixen · 36-40, F
@SW-User already not allowed. Thanks
GerOttman · 61-69, M
I'ma little older so just one question... What's an 'app'?
iamonfire696 · 41-45, F
Kik and Snapchat are two I can think of
Curvyvixen · 36-40, F
@iamonfire696 thanks
iamonfire696 · 41-45, F
@Curvyvixen you are welcome

 
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