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?

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    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.