Common Sense Media Review
By Amanda Bindel
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Identify feelings, spread positivity, questionable privacy.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 13+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Download
Videos and Photos
You Are Loved - Spread Kindness
Parent and Kid Reviews
What's It About?
YOU ARE LOVED - SPREAD KINDNESS is part social media part feelings journal. Each day, users rank their feelings on a scale of 1 to 10. Their friends see an indicator showing if they are happy or neutral or sad. Users can send anonymous pre-made messages to cheer someone up and are encouraged to send back a thank you, also anonymous, when they receive these messages. Friends can share custom messages with each other or use a pre-made message. Users can scroll through uplifting headlines that link to news stories and see a graph that shows a history of how they've rated their feelings.
Is It Any Good?
Putting some positivity into the social media world is a noble idea, but doing that with sensitivity and depth is challenging. You are Loved - Spread Kindness masters bringing self-awareness to feelings by having users rate their feelings daily and tracking that data in a graph. It'd be nice to add some depth to that with a journal option to jot down a few notes. Users can send (and receive) positive messages from strangers, too, which can be uplifting, but lacks depth. For those frustrated or anxious from bad news, the positive news feed is a great feature. Overall, this nice idea could use a little more depth and polish. Parents may want to talk to kids about being selective in the friends they add so that they are comfortable being vulnerable sharing their feelings. And without a privacy policy, it's impossible to know how data is stored and shared, so use with caution.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about how You Are Loved - helps better understand the ups and owns of our feelings. Tracking how they feel can help families identify their emotions or possibly identify more serious issues.
Outside of the app, families can stay connected virtually by texting positive messages to each other and in person over meals or family time. Discuss if virtual connection can replace physical connection. How or how not? Why or why not?
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Skills : Emotional Development : empathy , identifying emotions , self-awareness , Health & Fitness : mental health
- Pricing structure : Free (optional donation $.99)
- Release date : July 31, 2020
- Genre : Lifestyle
- Topics : Friendship
- Publisher : Sahen Rai
- Version : 3.1
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 11.1 or later
- Last updated : September 30, 2025
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