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Snapchat and Instagram for young teens

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anothernotherone · 01/07/2019 14:10

So far DD has stayed off social media except for WhatsApp, but her sports team now have a Snapchat group apparently and she's asking permission to use it. Apparently "everyone" in her class also has Instagram.

I dislike the potential for bullying on Snapchat because the stories disappear leaving no evidence, and I dislike the awful presure to "curate" an "instalife" (and the horrible filters that make everyone look as though they've had far too much plastic surgery and overexposed the photos Blush )

Are Instagram and Snapchat inevitable for 14 year olds?

Do I have to start using them too, to follow her?

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