What do you all think? And by "you all" I mean people living in Japan.
At a time it's wise to leave Meta or, if not possible, reduce our activity there to a minimum. I'm facing a conundrum.
Just like every Japanese teen, my daughter wants to use Instagram. I told her she could when she turns 13 (and she's already not happy about that because all of her friends are already 13 and/or have parents who don't care or are not very computer-literate).
She'll be 13 soon, but... well... It's a terrible idea to join Meta right now. But it's also not a good idea to cut my daughter from a major thing for Japanese teen (and she'll be mad at me for years if I refuse to install Instagram on her phone)
And I get it, while I've been using Facebook daily for 20 years now (yep, I had a .edu e-mail address back when it was the only way to join) I'm slowly but surely quitting. However, I barely use Instagram but it's impossible to not use it at all when you live in Japan.
Of course, I mentioned Pixelfed (but I think the age limit is 16 for some reason) but she's not exactly a trendsetter among her friends.
Hmmm....
So, parents of teens in Japan, what's your take on this?
#Japan #parenting
David B. Himself
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