It is surprising the manipulative capacity that social networks have on our children. You have to have total control over your teaching because it may get out of hand and can determine much of who they are today and what they will be tomorrow. Therefore, we will analyze a series of tips for parents about Tik Tok, one of the applications that have been coming strong for years and that is being leader is many phones.
The Tik Tok application is a platform that offers short videos of different kinds with diverse information and advice very attractive and eye-catching. Both young people and teenagers or any age fall in love with these videos and can become hooked. Experts in this matter already They warn that these videos create addiction, especially among young people, hence the concern of parents about their children using the applications.
Taking a quick look, Tik Tok It is a video platform where you can watch short videos that have been created with sound effects and within said application, through users and full of imagination and creativity. We know how ingenuous people are, but many times enjoying these videos can make this experience become something perverse and be applied on platforms like these.
What are parents saying about the Tik Tok app?
Parents' concern about this application lies mainly when said platform offers content without control, that is inappropriate for their age and that they can view it without being appropriate.
Another fear is that you may be in contact with strangers, in this case that there are people with bad intentions and that they do it with children or young people and violate their privacy. So, What can parents do when there is a concern? There is a series of tips that can be applied to follow a control and that can use said application under certain measures.
Tips for Parents on Tik Tok
All applications have parental controls. Tik Tok also has them and they can be enabled. This app is created for users over 13 years old and could be parental controls provided by Google or Apple have been applied.
1- When your child has the application installed, you must check that said account has it enabled as private, y not as public. We access Privacy > Security. In this way and by having it private, not everyone will have access to its content that may be private. Later, we will analyze what type of content you can have.
2- If your child decides to post videos that can be uploaded and published, you can also control the comments so that they are not public. Your teen can configure which comments can be posted, for example, only those of his followers. This configuration can be done from the application itself generally or individually in every video published. You can also apply a filter on comments with a custom list of keywords that will be blocked in the videos.
3- You can set private messages, but this is something that only your child can establish privately or with the help of the parent. For example, you can receive messages from contacts you know, however, messages from strangers would only be in restricted mode to be examined.
4- Who can follow my child's account? Accounts can be public or private. If they are public, it is easier to allow entry to anyone and at any time. However, since it is private, you can select who enters your account whenever you want. This can be selected in settings.
5- Select the viewing time. So that your son or daughter does not spend hours with the application, you can set a viewing time or a content limit. Another option is to be watching a video that is not in good taste and click the option "I am not interested" so that in the future no more videos of this type come out again and they are more restricted. Later, when your child is older, this option can be disabled.
6- As we have mentioned before, you can set a time to spend a certain amount of time in front of your mobile screens. You can access the “Screen Time Management” so you can limit the time your child spends on a device. It is what is called “Digital Wellbeing” and can be set with a limit of up to 2 hours. It can be found in the settings part of parental controls.
7- Familiarize Tik Tok with your children. It may be something boring for them, or maybe something fun. You can join in and do something fun in a video with it and share it, like doing a dance or creating an everyday moment together. It's a great way to do some kind of socializing and get to know each other's interests.
8- Do you know that on Tik Tok you can create duets with other profiles? Be careful with this alternative, because this modality can be a launch that cannot be controlled. With this mode you can create videos and duet with your content or react with it. To prevent this from happening, view this option and disable it to prevent it from happening.
9- Tik Tok has the alternative to be able Report any content that infringes your content. It's about being able to have content that encourages your creativity, showing funny, supportive, positive videos that respect community standards. At no time should they violate community standards or human rights, do spam or propaganda, or violate community standards. If there is any indication, there is always an option in any video to report it. The community will do what is appropriate to examine whether it can remove said video.
10 Do you need to unsubscribe from a Tik Tok account? No problem. Enter inside the enforcement and look for the settings in the upper right corner. Tap Manage account > Delete account. Follow the instructions in the app to delete the account.