TikTok algorithm is creeping me out
So my 14yo daughter has TikTok (yeah I know, we tried to say no but...). Last week I borrowed her phone and scrolled through her FYP. The algorithm is WILD - it's showing her incre
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So my 14yo daughter has TikTok (yeah I know, we tried to say no but...). Last week I borrowed her phone and scrolled through her FYP. The algorithm is WILD - it's showing her incre
Anyone send their kids to those coding summer camps? There's one in our area (Austin) that's about $400 for 2 weeks. My 9yo loves problem-solving and building things digitally. Won
Poll basically - what age and what kind? My 10yo is begging for one because apparently she's the ONLY one in her class without a phone (doubt it but whatever). I'm thinking maybe 1
Okay so my 14yo daughter was absolutely glued to TikTok - like 4-5 hours a day easy. Her grades were tanking, she wasn't sleeping, and honestly her anxiety went through the roof (I
Asking because my 11yo is the ONLY kid in his class without a phone. I'm not exaggerating. I overheard the kids talking and apparently they're all on Discord/Snapchat/whatever. I f
So I found out yesterday that my son has been waking up at like 11pm and watching YouTube on his iPad. He's been doing this for who knows how long. I thought I had parental control
He's been playing it for like 8 months and it slowly became the only thing he cares about. Turns down sports, ignores friends invites, doesn't want to do anything else. Yesterday I
My 13yo daughter was gaming online with randoms and one person asked her to move the conversation to Discord. She didn't, told us immediately, and we shut it down. She did everythi
This happened about 6 months ago and I'm still processing it honestly. 13yo thought she was talking to a kid from another school on Instagram. Turned out to be a 24yo guy. We caugh
Been noticing my 9yo (yes, she texts a bit through iMessage with family) getting random messages from unknown numbers. Nothing creepy so far, just app notifications and marketing s
My son has ADHD and online school was a nightmare for him. But we've found that certain apps actually help him focus better than traditional learning? Like Duolingo for reading, Kh
Seriously, how is this even designed for kids? My son figured out how to bypass my screen time limits somehow and spent 3 hours yesterday just scrolling through shorts. I had to ph
Everyone's always going on about "screen time bad" and "video games rotting brains" but my kids actually learned to read faster because they wanted to understand the dialog in Star
So I set a hard limit of 1 hour on weekdays for my 8yo and 10yo, right? Thought I was being the cool strict parent. Found my son hiding in the closet with an iPad last night watchi
We've tried: App timers (he just shuts the whole iPad down then whines) Earning screen time through chores (somewhat works but requires constant negotiation) No screens after 6pm (
Okay this is probably random but I'm celebrating because my 12yo came to me last week and said he wanted to stop playing Fortnite because "all the cool stuff costs money and I'm ti
Just wanted to share a win. My 11yo did a 1-week coding camp over spring break (CodeNinjas, not cheap but it was on sale). He came back genuinely excited about programming - not li
Why is it so hard to just keep kids on actual educational content?? My 8yo watched one video about Minecraft and now the algorithm is feeding him skibidi toilet content and these c
So I've been really cynical about video games as a waste of time, but my 13yo has been playing Minecraft and actually started coding mods for it through this YouTube channel. Now w
Not sure if I should be impressed or concerned lol. He somehow got into settings and just... turned it off. I didn't even know that was possible without the restrictions passcode.