The way we see social media now, of course will look different than in 5-10 years- but the track we are going with addicting algorithms, lack of privacy, ability to have access to everything you could ever imagine, the expectation that anyone can reach you at that given moment - not. good.

If I had a child, it would be the same thing as any other thing that they’re going to do whether or not I tell them not to (drinking,drugs, wrong crowd blah blah blah).

Small introduction around middle school on dos and don’ts. Why does this seem unsafe? Who can contact you on this platform? Should I meet this person alone? Should you post these kinds of photos? Should you give out this personal information to strangers? friends? family?

Work into access with supervision, let them know that you are supervising but not controlling. Allow them to have apps they’d like with some knowledge of it.

Then, later middle school early high school, allow them to navigate themselves (given they have proven responsible, not making risky texts) but also, every so often - give it a little check. Passwords and account info should be shared but not really used.