Safe Social

Here're the downsides of social media:

• Affect Health: Spending too much time on social media can be harmful in developing brains, personalities and physical development as well. Besides, sedentary activity can be a risk of overweight.
• Cyberbullying: Examples of it include posting hurtful images, making online threats, and sending hurtful emails or texts. Children’s identity and self-esteem are very fragile during early adolescence which makes them so vulnerable to cyberbullying.
• Invasion of Privacy: Sometimes, kids will unwittingly post their private information which will be utilized by people with an ulterior motive.
• Sexual Content: Adult contents and pornography are available on various social media platforms and teenagers may unknowingly stumble upon it.
• Economic Loss: It is quite easy for adults to see through deceptive marketing tactics or bogus posts, but children may fall into this trap and hard to get out which sometimes results in economic loss for them.

Encourage Outdoor Activities

Encourage kids to be involved in outdoor activities like ball sports or hang out with friends so as to reduce their activities on social platforms.

Make Screen Time on Social Apps a Privilege

Establish family rules and make it clear that screen time is a privilege that needs to be earned. This could be hard at the very beginning, but it will eventually benefit children.

Use Parental Control App

Use FamiKit to detect suspicious contents on social apps and get instant alerts.

Generally speaking, there are 8 categories of suspicious contents and each of them includes multiple key words or phrases that are regarded as inappropriate for teens. Also, parents can create their own offensive words or phrases.