I have three teenage daughters who are currently not allowed on social media. But I want to give them some ability before they become adults. My eldest gave me a PowerPoint presentation on why she should be allowed on Snapchat, lol.

She made some good points. Her friend group has a group text and she wants to keep up with everyone but doesn’t want to get the ding notifications constantly.

Feels like a good opportunity for a Fediverse platform. Like a closed Mastodon/Pixelfed server and have some parental controls. Any projects out there?

  • Mac@mander.xyzEnglish
    20·
    3 days ago

    They will encounter the awful sides of the internet in their lives. It is a fact of the internet.

    What are you doing/going to do to prepare them for that eventuality?

    You can’t protect children from life—you can only prepare them to handle it as best they can.

    • Bravo@eviltoast.orgEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      Honestly, nowadays a part of the “birds and bees” talk should include an explanation of privacy settings and common Internet scams.

      • riverSpirit@thelemmy.clubEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        This isn’t a real thing is it? I never knew anyone who ever had such a talk, it was always something we’d hear about in American movies/shows, but it doesn’t actually happen does it?

        • Bravo@eviltoast.orgEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          I don’t have kids so I dunno if it’s still happening, but my dad had a brief and very awkward conversation with me to tell me that if I had sex to make sure to use a condom but if I ever did get a girl pregnant I could always tell him and it’d be OK, we’d figure it out, etc. Nothing fancy or anything; just the essentials to make sure I wasn’t a dumbass about sex.