13 yr old interests changing

[Anonymous]

It's too late now, but you should not have allowed TikTok. My 13 year old certainly is aware of TikTok and has watched it with friends, but she doesn't have a phone and doesn't have TikTok on our shared iPad.

[Anonymous]

She doesn’t have unlimited social media access and just got it this year. I think it’s important for them to learn how to use it in a healthy way, it’s here to stay. Her friends are allowed to use it too, they just don’t care

[Anonymous]

Sounds normal. My DDs interests changed around that time and she started getting into clothes and skin care etc. Her friend group started to change based on an evolution of interests. She also goes to a small school and the dynamics can be hard. Her friends may evolve over the next year or she may have to look for friends outside of school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She doesn’t have unlimited social media access and just got it this year. I think it’s important for them to learn how to use it in a healthy way, it’s here to stay. Her friends are allowed to use it too, they just don’t care

She's still to young for Tiktok.

[Anonymous]

Way too young

[Anonymous]

Struggling with our 13 yo. Very materialistic and a horrible attitude. Shut down the cell phone for a while. It's rough time right now

[Anonymous]

It sounds like she’s outgrowing the “quirky” group. That’s totally fine, kids do change at this age. How large is the school and does it attract a “quirky” demographic? She may be feeling a little stifled by the other kids right now. Feeling pressured to conform. even though the group may be non-conformist in a mainstream sense, there are still “norms” that your daughter is going against by being into typical teen stuff like sports and school dances.

[Anonymous]

It honestly doesn't even sounds like she's actually changing interests because she actually wants to. To me, it sounds like her interests are changing so she can look cool to appeal to other kids, a form of peer pressure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How's a small school the problem?

How is it not the problem? She can't diversify her friend group because there aren't enough kids. This happens all the time. The school is great, until its not. You drift away from friends and have nowhere to drift to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She doesn’t have unlimited social media access and just got it this year. I think it’s important for them to learn how to use it in a healthy way, it’s here to stay. Her friends are allowed to use it too, they just don’t care

It's addictive. There is no healthy way for a teen to use it. Even my 12 year old gets this - we actually had a conversation about algorithms and tracking at dinner today. I hope you're doing the same with your child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She doesn’t have unlimited social media access and just got it this year. I think it’s important for them to learn how to use it in a healthy way, it’s here to stay. Her friends are allowed to use it too, they just don’t care

She's still to young for Tiktok.

+1 to this. Australia followed the science and banned all social media accounts until 16.

[Anonymous]

I think it's normal to outgrow your friends. I sounds like she wasn't really interested in those things and now has come out of her shell. I think she will need to make new friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How's a small school the problem?

How is it not the problem? She can't diversify her friend group because there aren't enough kids. This happens all the time. The school is great, until its not. You drift away from friends and have nowhere to drift to.

And in larger schools, it’s normal for 13 yo to have TikTok and would not be judged like she is being at school and here. It’s how she uses it, not that she has it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How's a small school the problem?

How is it not the problem? She can't diversify her friend group because there aren't enough kids. This happens all the time. The school is great, until its not. You drift away from friends and have nowhere to drift to.

Boo hoo 😢

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She doesn’t have unlimited social media access and just got it this year. I think it’s important for them to learn how to use it in a healthy way, it’s here to stay. Her friends are allowed to use it too, they just don’t care

I don’t think any 13 year old can feasibly learn how to do this. Think about how many adults are fully addicted.

Stick with your limits at least.