My DS (age 14) claimed he had tried to get on Tinder but was kicked off because of his age. A teacher at school heard this and has logged it as a safeguarding incident.
Obviously I’m concerned and I’ll be discussing this with him when he gets home, checking phone and putting measures in place. I check his phone regularly and have never seen any sign of this although that doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened. He’s very honest with us usually but I realise this will start to change as he gets older so maybe this is the start of that phase.
I’m not sure how worried I should be about the safeguarding part. Is this normal? Should I expect a flow up? I’m grateful to his teacher for picking the conversation up and for letting me know. His teacher said they saw no evidence of Tinder on his phone and my DS is known to exaggerate stories to fit in, although I appreciate it would irresponsible of them to assume this is the case. He has ASD and other high functioning SEN and so communication can sometimes be challenging.
I’ve obviously been a bit naive thinking that I could trust him on his phone as much as I have and now I feel awful that he could have been made vulnerable by this.