Teach Tech Tx

This is a TIKTOK guide got parents in collaboration with the National PTA organization. Really good info.

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I probably shouldn’t say this to my Teach Tech community because many of you know my 13 yr old but I am thankful that she is grounded from her phone 90% of the time because we have the standard of all As and only one Bs. And we are pretty strict and follow through. And she’s close but 89 is still not an A. And in 3 classes.

We know what happens when we don’t follow through because she is kid #3. Well hopefully later in life she’ll see that was helpful for her. She is fun to be around, happier to hang with friends and doesn’t miss it as much as you might think. When she has her phone, she’s irritable, cranky and down-right ugly to everyone in the family. I think she’s a better person without it. So there’s my unofficial research.

The Lonely Burden of Today’s Teenage Girls Amid our huge, unplanned experiment with social media, new research suggests that many American adolescents are becoming more anxious, depressed and solitary.

The 13 yr old told me about this app today. YOLO. Anonymity is never a good thing when it comes to pre-teens and teenagers. It leads to “keyboard courage” and they say things they would NEVER say in person. Why do developers think this is a good idea? Oh yea...it’s been the top downloaded app since it came of in May. It makes them money...but brings lots of bullying and drama which, as a family, we try our best to avoid. 😬 I will be saying no to this app.

What Parents Need to Know About the YOLO App for Snapchat There’s a new app called YOLO that’s hugely popular among teens. Just a week after its release, it has become the most downloaded iPhone app in the U.S. It’s a free add-on feature for Snapchat—when users connect YOLO to their accounts, they can add a sticker to their Snapchat Story that invi...