Every week e-safety adviser Alan Mackenzie sends me weekly updates. They are useful teaching resources but also parent guides to keep you up to date with current trends.
Here is this week’s tip:
For Parents – WhatsApp for Under 13’s
With the exception of YouTube, WhatsApp has always been one of the most popular messaging apps, including for children under 13. This has always been a concern for a lot of different reasons, but out of the blue it seems that Meta have now created a parent-managed service which I think is really good.
Similar to other parent-managed accounts, a parent will pair their device/account to the child’s device/account which then gives a lot of flexibility such as:
• No ‘view once’ messages.
• No location sharing.
• Messages and group invites from unknown contacts sent to the parent for approval.
• Parent notifications, such as new contact added.
Link: WhatsApp parent-managed accounts – explained.
Link: How to set up a parent-managed account.
