At a loss over something ridiculous.

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GYAT girl your ass is thick

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Anonymous wrote:I heard the "bruh" thing frequently, but otherwise it's nothing too annoying or too often from my kid.

Same. My kid doesn’t use TikTok, but he reports that “anything worth seeing” gets reposted to YouTube.

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Anonymous wrote:None of my daughters or their friends are on Tik Tok. They all consider it toxic and are scared of "catching" an eating disorder. I think TT is awful, so I'm not going to correct them. They are happy with Snapchat.

Take your kids phones away when they need to get something done (like college apps) or any time they speak inappropriately.

They're right to be worried. And yes, lots of mental illnesses are socially contagious, especially eating disorders.

DP. I would never have believed it but about a year ago neurologists reported seeing a dramatic rise in psychogenic "Tourette's" caused by tiktok. Easily treated, though, unlike actual Tourette's Syndrome.

Yeah, I let my 12 year old have a TikTok acct during stay-at-home days in 2020 and within a few months she was experiencing tics. Crazy. I made her get off it eventually for that and other reasons, but there’s seriously something messed up about that app and the effect it’s had on people.

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My kids are 20, 18 and 17. Two of them have ADHD/LD/anxiety and tics (not Tourettes). TikTok and other social media platforms aren't evil. As with everything, moderation and judgement are needed. You should be talking to your kids about healthy social media consumption in the same way you should be talking to them about sex, drugs and relationships. These should be conversations that start when they're young and continue for years. If you're kid makes poor choices, work with them.

My kids and I are on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. They don't talk around me like OP's DC does. We routinely send each other interesting posts and follow a lot of the same people. I've learned so much.

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Mine don’t have TikTok but do have YouTube which is honestly pretty much the same thing. Have so far not had these issues. 15 and 12, both girls.

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My kids are on TikTok and don’t talk that way.

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But aren’t YouTube shorts pretty much the same content as TikTok? So you can block TikTok, but the watch the same crap videos elsewhere. Right?

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well folks, Ilearnedsomethings.

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OP. You are REALLY wasting money in private school. Our kids are in private and don't speak like that and our private school costs way less than yours. Once ours finish they are going to public high school. You should do that now.

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Anonymous wrote:Trump wanted to ban it. The one thing I agreed with him….

Because our government can’t control it. I use it to get most of the news honestly

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Anonymous wrote:But aren’t YouTube shorts pretty much the same content as TikTok? So you can block TikTok, but the watch the same crap videos elsewhere. Right?

Yes and on Instagram reels

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I have a feeling that OP is actually a high schooler from an expensive private school who wanted to have a little fun trolling parents about TikTok.

I pay attention to what my kids are doing on the Internet (because we talk a lot about meme culture and we don't have rules about swearing). I don't think I would have been able to spell some of these words correctly after only hearing them said. I asked my kids about the phrases without looking them up and asked if Carti was a typo for Cardi B, and got the explanation that this is a different rapper.

Also, I'm not sure a parent would have brought in the examples they did without providing context.

I call troll.

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Anonymous wrote:None of my daughters or their friends are on Tik Tok. They all consider it toxic and are scared of "catching" an eating disorder. I think TT is awful, so I'm not going to correct them. They are happy with Snapchat.

Take your kids phones away when they need to get something done (like college apps) or any time they speak inappropriately.

They're right to be worried. And yes, lots of mental illnesses are socially contagious, especially eating disorders.

This x1000

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No kid talks about edging in front of his mom, no matter how ignorant she is.

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Anonymous wrote:I heard the "bruh" thing frequently, but otherwise it's nothing too annoying or too often from my kid.

My 6y/o has really taken to “bruh”.