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What is the Sendit app and is it OK for my child?

I’ve been asked a few different times recently about the Sendit app and if it’s ok for kids to use. With everything in the world, the answer is not as easy as “yes” or “no”.

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Are You Ready to Send Your Child to School? (2022)

Are you ready to send your child to school this year? Here are some tips for you.

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“What Are Ghost Trails On Snapchat+ And How Do They Work?”

Snapchat is trying to make even more money. They have recently released Snapchat+ which is a subscription upgrade to the platform.

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“Why Heathrow’s CEO Believes TikTok Is To Blame For Passenger Assistance Troubles”

“If you go on TikTok, you’ll see that that is one of the travel hacks that people are recommending. Please don’t do that.”

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“Child Grooming and the Metaverse – Issues and Solutions”

What’s being done to protect kids in the Metaverse from online predators?

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“The Lifeline and 988”

The previous National Suicide Prevention Lifeline phone number (1-800-273-8255) is being simplified to 988.

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“Parents sue TikTok after 7 kids die from profitable Blackout Challenge videos”

TikTok has an intelligent algorithm built into it that sends videos to your For You page that are based upon what videos you watch till the end. Curious kids will watch “challenge” videos to the end. Then they will be fed more of the same. 

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“Meta Failed To Protect Instagram’s Child Models From Pedophiles”

I was meeting with Giovanna, my previous intern at Shape, and she shared with me a TikTok video of a woman discussing “parent ran Instagram accounts” for children as young as four. Then I stumbled upon an article from Forbes where they exposed over a dozen Instagram accounts with over half a million followers sexualizing child and teenage models. 

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