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30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok (www.honest-broker.com)

submitted 6 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's sort of true, but "rules for thee and not for me" just kicks the can down the road. They're going to copy you, so it's really important to set a good example, at least when your kids can see you.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It’s not “rules for thee and not for me,” unless you consider that true for things like drinking alcohol. It’s protecting children from something they are not cognitively developed enough to be dealing with.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The difference is that it's easy to point to reasons why a child shouldn't be drinking alcohol (illegal, liver immaturity, etc), and less easy to point to why they shouldn't be on social media, esp. if their friends are using it.

Where the line is more fuzzy, I think parents should set a more strict standard for themselves, at least in front of their children.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think the line is, TikTok pulls a video at random it thinks you’ll want to watch. This means that you may be exposed to basically anything a person felt like filming. This includes violent or pornographic content, which children should not be exposed to.

Being a parent is telling your children no sometimes. Being a parent means that you should vet the media that your child is being exposed to, which is impossible on a platform like TikTok, and sometimes make the decision for them that they are not old enough to be exposed to certain material.

It really feels like folks don’t want to be parents - they want to hand the iPad over to the screaming toddler so that they can be babysat by their own phone. I don’t understand why one would have children, if they weren’t interested in doing the work of parenting those kids.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

My thoughts exactly.

I will say, however, that I'm generally against content filtering. My kids know the rules, and they know if they violate them, they lose device privileges. Simple as that. If I put parental controls on, they'll just circumvent them (and I'll teach them how to if they ask). I know because I was a kid and constantly got around stupid content filters at school.

Either I trust them with the device, or I don't, no half-measures. For example:

TV - "kids" profiles, but they're free to use our "adult" profiles if the filtering sucks
computers and tablets - they ask for access, tell me what they want to do, and I unlock it for them
Switch - child lock, but only because my 4yo keeps taking it when not allowed; my older kids know the code

That's it. I generally allow them to use devices unsupervised, though in a public area so I can walk over and check on them. I intend to give them their own devices as they get older (i.e. they'll set their own passwords). But if they violate my trust, it's their fault, not the content filter's, and they lose privileges.