Kid reviews for Snapchat

I am 16, and I have been using snapchat for a fair amount of time now. I think that it is absolutely fine for most ages - as long as the person using it, and their parent knows about the different settings. For example, my sister has snapchat. She is 9. But, we make sure that in her snapchat settings - only people who she has added as a contact herself can send her snaps. She only has me, my mum and a few of her school friends on snapchat, and no-one else can send her anything. Most of the reviews that say the app can contain violence, sex etc. are bias, since these things only happen if you have people in your contacts who are going to share those things. It is easy to delete people as a contact on snapchat - and even block them, which is unnecessary if you have the correct settings anyway.

Obviously bad things can happen with snapchat, but if you are responsible and know how to use it, I can assure you there is nothing to worry about.

From experience, I think that Snapchat is just fine for kids and parents to use. I got Snapchat when I was 11 years old, and it is fine to use, if you use it respectfully. Your "Story" can contain all the snaps that you want your friends to see. You can also change on who can see your snaps. Your snaps also go away after 10 seconds. You can also chat with your friends, and choose who you will follow and chat with. There are also "The Snaps Of The Day" which is a lot of snaps which CNN or other services can post to keep you alerted on what is happening around the world. You can also follow famous people on Snapchat, too. Snapchat is a great Social Media tool for kids to use.

I have had a snap chat since I was 10 and it's not bad. I can share pictures with my friends and make stories. It's not inappropriate as long as you don't swear or post inappropriate things. My mom and dad have a snapchat and we snap all the time! I think some parents are being way to protective by rating it for kids 15 and up. Really? It's not bad at all. :)

Hello I am complaining about snapchat it lost mine and Reece's streak without putting a timer on it also won't work for half of Bolton and keeps saying could not refresh I think this is disappointment to the world it has given Snapchat a bad name please can you sort it out cause it is getting me stressed

many parents overreact about snapchat being used for hooking up with someone or sending nudes or bullying someone but that is not even close to that it is just a way to communicate with people who don’t have your number and getting to know them. however i only got snapchat and let me tell you it’s really embarrassing to tell you classmates and friends oh sorry i don’t have snapchat and they ask why and you have to explain why and the rest of the class hears. also speaking from experience when all of your friends have it they are like did you see this persons story and you feel left out or when they forget you don’t have snapchat and want to tag you ina pic on their story and you have to keep telling them over and over again that you don’t have snapchat. also there are settings that can be turned on and off that keep certain people from seeing or adding you on snapchat and you can turn ghost mode on for snap map so no one can see where you are or you can just turn off snap map. i don’t understand what the big fuss is about it’s really not that bad at all.

I will start off by saying that I cannot guarantee that every child will use snapchat appropriately. Due to disappearing pictures that only last 5-10 seconds, there is the true threat of your child partaking in inappropriate behavior online. But at the same time, you as a parent know your child, and if you give them a thorough lecture on only safety, and believe their intentions are good in using the app, there is not much to worry about. Many kids use the app as a way of communication, and for the filters offered by the app, not for the inappropriate activities. So if you trust that your child is a good kid, and you have open conversations with them, your child will most likely cause no problems in using the app.

If you let kids use Snapchat then moniter them. If they do something not appropiate then delete the app. But other wise this app is pretty cool

I think young, mature kids will have no problem being appropriate; it becomes a problem with older teens who send inappropriate pics. As long as you can trust your teen they should be fine, but also make sure they know that anyone can take a screenshot of their pics! There are several apps that make it possible for people to download the pictures: so just be careful!