There must be a lot of pressure on kids to join these things and I expect lots do so before the official minimum age. Its a different world to when we were young. Thankfully my kids were not too bothered about social media and they are old enough to judge for themselves now.
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I would have allowed it if i knew it was important, but her friends and her are still mostly doing things offline. I think TikTok rank lower than getting a bird, dancing, moving to the same town as her grandparents and tons of other things. When they become teenagers they will probably use it more, but also be better at understanding the world. It was like that with my eldest daughter. Children are often smarter than we give them credit for. But if it becomes social pressure it is indeed bad. Hopefully we will, as grown ups be better at organising in decentralised ways in the future.