A parents' guide to Instagram: What parents need to know to keep kids safe
Gilboa advises parents not to allow children to use social media until they are 13. This is the age which most companies require children to be to use it.
“I always recommend waiting until your child is 13 before you allow them to click the link that says, ‘I’m 13’ and can join Instagram,” she told TODAY. “Their brain just needs that extra time to develop, to be able to see some of the things that you want them to see and to not be fooled by some of the things that you don’t want them to be fooled by.”
The minimum age may be 13 but even then, every parent should evaluate where their child is before considering an Instagram account. “You definitely consider each child separately,” Dr. Candice Jones, an Orlando, Florida pediatrician, told TODAY. “One 14-year-old may definitely be more mature as far as their crucial thinking, executive functioning skills, their decision making skills … versus another 14-year-old who might totally not be ready.”“Parents absolutely need to think about what comes with being on social media and think about if their child is ready,” Jones said.
Sit next to your child and look at posts, Gilboa advised."Say, ‘Wow, she looks amazing in that picture but her shoulders are the same width as her wrists and humans aren’t built like that, how do you think they did that?’” she said. “For a slightly older child you might say, ‘Why do you think they did that? What messages do you feel like that puts out?’”
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