My 6yr old has a tiktok account?!?!

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Advice please. My children have come for their first visit since Christmas. (They stayed with me on Christmas eve then went to their mum)
My 6 year old has been given a mobile phone for Christmas. Why does a 6 year old need a phone anyway? So i took the phone off him when putting him to bed only to spot a notification from tiktok. Not only does he have an account but his username is his full name! I am extremely concerned about online safety now.
Not sure what to do as his mum literally lets him do anything he wants and i feel like i have no say in situations like this.

Oh dear. I would not be happy about that at all either.

I’m guessing your relationship with your ex isn’t good enough to speak to her about it?

At the least you could take the phone while they are with you.

I’m guessing there might be other issues too or is the the only things regarding your child’s safety?

I wonder if she is aware of the sort of things that are on tiktok. There is a lot of sexualized videos on there and whilst scrolling you get given random videos so its extremely likely for your child to come across these inappropriate videos.

Yes she is aware, we had a very similar conversation with the older child who was 11 at the time. If i ever raise a concern it’s viewed as a criticism and she stops the children from visiting for a few weeks.

Do you have a court order specifying contact?

Might be worth looking in your child account to see what they have been accessing and what privacy setting they have etc.

I can see why your unhappy, but if you don,t feal you can raise this with mum with out causig issues, can you raise it with a relative who can act as a go between? eg MIL? Otherwise you can ofcourse not allow her to have it at yours and say you think she is too young.