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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD went down the TikTok rabbit hole. It wasn’t the more “extreme” stuff like the shocking racism or porn etc. the more typical things are an insidious onslaught of images and messages (through the postings) the influence thoughts about social status and body imagine. That’s the norm - constantly comparing and seeing likes and negative feedback and no real social context or perspective- and often in isolation. And then if your kid stumble onto some materials and then keeps looking at it, the algorithms feed you more. So my daughter started looking at workout things which led to diet culture and diet “tips and tricks” and then pro-Ana (anorexia) networks. All and all a bad scene. (Just to note almost any kid can be negatively influenced and impacted by this - but typically becoming truly anorexic or mental illness level anxiety has a genetic component - so not to beyond over scare but that is is about 10%)
Anyway even with this, we’ve worked with mental health team we now have - and do let daughter learn and do many of the TikTok dances - but she uses TikTok only in room with us - and we monitor and have mirror account. Also be sure to set restrictive mode. Which isn’t the best but does limit a lot. [/quote]
Oops meant to echo also what others have noted - have clear and honest conversations about social media, relationships on and off line, and significantly limit use. [/quote]

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