Do kids only talk on Snapchat?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your tween is lying to you. It is not universally true that kids talk ONLY on Snapchat. Many teens use text messages.

NP.

I think OP’s kid is largely telling the truth. By and large, my kids communicate with friends using Snapchat.

Sometimes they text but it’s not common.

This is the same with my two teens. Texting is essentially just with Mom, Dad, and some other adults like coaches, but with friends it's Snap.

[Anonymous]

they do both

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately, they do.

They will still text each other, but snap is the preferred method

[Anonymous]

My kid only uses imesssge for group chats with teammates and family. Here and there a text but I would say 90% snap

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Snap and Discord. Asking a person for their Snap is like asking for their phone number/hitting on them. The other thing my teen’s friends do is randomly add people on snap from that “friend suggestions” list and talk to them/send photos/etc.

This part would be kind of concerning for me.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t give a flying F if my child is left out of asinine conversations on those platforms. If she’s not worthy of being texted over regular text, or WhatsApp, then she can go tell those kids to F off. I really really really wish more parents would grow some balls and just say NO to their kids on having these toxic Platforms. You are causing your child’s downward spiral mentally by allowing them to use them. How on earth are you rationalizing giving them a communication tool that then disappears so you are not able to check what’s being discussed, passed around, shared with your child? Honestly, think about it. The people who have created these platforms are evil and they don’t allow their own children to use them. Why are you allowing yours? Again, grow some balls, and say no to your child. If they’re upset, too bad. Say if texting is not good enough for them, then they can get used to having no phone and no communication with anyone. Stop blaming the generation, this is the way it is now, blah blah… you’re just giving in and making yourself feel better about doing the wrong thing.

DP. Agree completely.

As I just responded above, we do not allow any of those platforms in our home.

Tech CEOs don’t allow their kids to use those platforms either.

Same. I work with tween and teens. The mind destroying distraction and devastating mental health spirals are just not worth it. Keep this stuff away from your kids.

[Anonymous]

Teens do not use iMessages. It’s snap only. They have snap stories, bit mojis, snap maps, etc…. It isn’t going away anytime soon

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Anonymous wrote:Teens do not use iMessages. It’s snap only. They have snap stories, bit mojis, snap maps, etc…. It isn’t going away anytime soon [/quot

That is only true for kids with clueless parents. Plenty of kids are smart enough to be snapless.

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Agree with the grow some balls comment. Parents say they hate it but allow it. We say no to social media for our middle schoolers and desparately wish more of adults would too instead of complaining about it. Wait until age 16.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree with the grow some balls comment. Parents say they hate it but allow it. We say no to social media for our middle schoolers and desparately wish more of adults would too instead of complaining about it. Wait until age 16.

As a teacher, all of your kids have snap too. Whether it’s online through a browser, on a cheap burner phone with only wifi, another i product, or even logging in on their friends phones at school a few times a day.

I see it all day long. They all have it. You don’t need the app on your exact phone to have an account and you only need to log on once a day to keep up with streaks and save info.

[Anonymous]

My kids (17, 17, 14) and their friends only use Snap.

It is what it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your tween is lying to you. It is not universally true that kids talk ONLY on Snapchat. Many teens use text messages.

NP.

I think OP’s kid is largely telling the truth. By and large, my kids communicate with friends using Snapchat.

Sometimes they text but it’s not common.

This is the same with my two teens. Texting is essentially just with Mom, Dad, and some other adults like coaches, but with friends it's Snap.

yep. I recently saw my 17 year old son's texting app.
The only text threads were our family, me (mom), dad, his boss, his baseball coach and one friend from 2022. That's about it. He doesn't use it at all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with the grow some balls comment. Parents say they hate it but allow it. We say no to social media for our middle schoolers and desparately wish more of adults would too instead of complaining about it. Wait until age 16.

As a teacher, all of your kids have snap too. Whether it’s online through a browser, on a cheap burner phone with only wifi, another i product, or even logging in on their friends phones at school a few times a day.

I see it all day long. They all have it. You don’t need the app on your exact phone to have an account and you only need to log on once a day to keep up with streaks and save info.

This is so true. My daughter has a friend who isn’t allowed. She added it and deleted it nightly before plugging it in. Once her parents figured it out and didn’t allow her to add apps anymore, she just bought an old iPhone off of some kid selling one in school. $25. She just uses wifi or a hot spot and uses it all the time.

At least I have my kids log in and I can check whenever I want.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with the grow some balls comment. Parents say they hate it but allow it. We say no to social media for our middle schoolers and desparately wish more of adults would too instead of complaining about it. Wait until age 16.

As a teacher, all of your kids have snap too. Whether it’s online through a browser, on a cheap burner phone with only wifi, another i product, or even logging in on their friends phones at school a few times a day.

I see it all day long. They all have it. You don’t need the app on your exact phone to have an account and you only need to log on once a day to keep up with streaks and save info.

Yep, one of my DD's friends simply created an account and accessed it on all of her friends' phones.

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Wow, I feel bad for you guys. Your kids sound awful. My child understands the rationale behind why we don’t let her have certain apps and she respects that and she would never sneak around to get it. Most of you have no control over your kids and you clearly don’t have any level of respect for each other or this would not be happening to you.

Again, gross some balls parents.