TikTok algorithm is concerning me

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4d ago1 min read

My 12 year old daughter has TikTok and I've been looking at what the algorithm is feeding her. Some of it is just dance videos and whatever but I'm seeing a lot of content about body image and it's making me nervous. She hasn't said anything weird yet but I feel like I need to be more involved. Should I follow her? Talk to her about it? Not trying to be creepy but also want her to be safe.

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TTim K.Regular4d ago

I'm with you on the worry. We've got four kids and the TikTok stuff is the parenting frontier we're still figuring out. Maybe check her settings together and make it a team thing?

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JJerome S.Regular4d ago

Have you just straight up asked her what she's seeing and what she thinks about it? At 12 that conversation might matter more than the algorithm itself.

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RRick J.Regular4d ago

Totally fair to be concerned about what the algorithm serves up at that age. My kid spends a lot of time at the library and honestly it's become the safest screen-free zone in our house.

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