Do kids only talk on Snapchat?

[Anonymous]

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.

If you don't care your kid is left off...why do you care so much what the rest of us parents do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

What makes you sure about this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

If you don't care your kid is left off...why do you care so much what the rest of us parents do?

DP.

It’s child abuse to give your kids Snap.

But you have a point: they are not my kids.

Abuse away!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

If you don't care your kid is left off...why do you care so much what the rest of us parents do?

Hi PP!

You should totally get your kid on Discord, so they don’t get left out:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2024/764-predator-discord-telegram/

/s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

What makes you sure about this?

Because she’s honest, and I raised her right. And she knows what type of consequences she would suffer if she did something like this. It’s against her moral code. I raise good humans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

If you don't care your kid is left off...why do you care so much what the rest of us parents do?

Because it makes it so much more unnecessarily hard for the kids of the parents who are doing the right thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

If you don't care your kid is left off...why do you care so much what the rest of us parents do?

DP.

It’s child abuse to give your kids Snap.

But you have a point: they are not my kids.

Abuse away!

X1000

[Anonymous]

AMAZING REACTION!! We feel the same way!!

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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.

Just because every teen doesn't only use Snap chat doesn't mean it's not the primary/exclusive mode for one friend group.

Change your friend group. Problem solved. I honestly cannot believe how dumb most parents are.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, I like snap more. It shows if someone screenshots your messages which I think helps. iMessage doesn’t show you that.

I would say 99% of high schoolers only communicate with snap. And the kids that aren’t allowed have accounts anyway. On computers, friends mobile devices etc…

My agreement with my 14yr old is as long as she keeps messages on delete after 24hrs (instead of immediately) and I have the app and her log in on my own phone to check at anytime, we are good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

What makes you sure about this?

Because she’s honest, and I raised her right. And she knows what type of consequences she would suffer if she did something like this. It’s against her moral code. I raise good humans.

LOL

[Anonymous]

I guess no one here knows about burner phones being rented or sold for $25-50, huh? Just use the schools WiFi, download a VPN snd any apps they want.

Parents are so gullible thinking they are always 1-2 steps ahead of tech savvy teens.

[Anonymous]

Parents allowing what’s app but not snap are utterly clueless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My tween has a phone for texting but we don’t let him use apps like Snap. He says his friends are leaving him out of things, and I don’t know if it’s because he doesn’t use Snapchat, or if it’s just middle school social changes. So are kids just using Snap instead of texting?

75% in middle school
90% high school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess no one here knows about burner phones being rented or sold for $25-50, huh? Just use the schools WiFi, download a VPN snd any apps they want.

Parents are so gullible thinking they are always 1-2 steps ahead of tech savvy teens.

NP but I’ll refer you to the “I raise good humans” poster for this one and ditto that

If you are worried about whether your teen is 1-2 steps ahead of you in being tech savvvy, you are treating a symptom, not addressing the core issue.

The core issue is teaching your children the value of swimming upstream, going against the flow, being in the world but not of the world, having elevated standards. This builds a strong foundation and confidence based on character. My kids are 100% more tech savvy than me. And I don’t worry about that one bit. I’m not gullible. I’m secure in the knowledge that my kids share our family’s values of honesty and trust.

[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.

Yes!!! If we all start saying “no” to social media until 16, snap wouldn’t be a thing for middle schoolers, come on people!