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Not Just SnapChat: 6 More Dangerous Apps Parents Need to Know About

Because technology develops SO quickly, it’s difficult to keep up with the dangerous apps you should look for on your kids’ phone or device: it’s waaay beyond SnapChat now (though that one is still bad!).

So, if you’re new to this “my kid has a phone” thing, or even if you’re not, here are 6 MORE dangerous apps your kids might have that YOU need to know about.

1. BeeTalk

This messaging app is very popular with teens and has a big focus on VIDEO and LIVESTREAMING which is super not good for impulsive teens or tweens who may lack the sound decision-making skills they will have in their early [20s]. Your child could easily see something inappropriate on someone else’s video or send something live. It also features a “whisper” messaging designed to disappear; it’s features like these that kids use to get around a parent who checks their text messages. So, if your kid has BeeTalk, it’s a dangerous app, and you should definitely delete it.

2. Whisper

Not to be confused with the “Whisper” messaging feature in BeeTalk, above, this is a completely separate dangerous app. It’s been around for a long time but many parents still don’t know about it, so I’m telling you again. Designed to be an anonymous confessional app, this also has disappearing messaging that parents can’t track, AND it encourages interaction with STRANGERS because posts are shared by your GEOGRAPHICAL location. Umm…NO THANKS! This is a big one your kids SHOULD NOT HAVE.

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3. WhatsApp

WhatsApp is cleverly named, and unfortunately dangerous. A lot of kids and adults use it for group chats and sending video, but once again, you can send un-trackable texts on this app and make un-trackable calls on it, so it’s one kids use SPECIFICALLY to avoid their parents’ watchful eyes. Also, if your kid is determined enough, there are plenty of tutorials on how to make fake screenshots and conversations on WhatsApp just to FOOL parents…so play it safe and just don’t let your kid have this dangerous app!

4. TikTok (formerly named Musical.ly)

Jenny Rapson
Jenny Rapsonhttp://www.foreverymom.com
Jenny Rapson is a wife and mom of three from Ohio and the editor of For Every Mom. You can also find her alternately griping and gushing about her kids at her own blog, Mommin' It Up. You can email her at jrapson@outreach.com, or follow her on Twitter.

‘We Have No Visible Finish Line’—The Case for Why Moms Are so Burnt Out

This is why moms are always so quick to snap. This is why we are so sensitive. Because we are desensitized. We are numb. We are so beyond burnt out.

14-Year-Old Boy In Foster Care Asks For “A Home and People That Love Me”

What Darrious hopes for most is a family, and a place to call home. He is currently in foster care and lives with other foster kids in a group home.

Jill Duggar to Dad Jim Bob: “You Treat Me Worse Than My Pedophile Brother”

A new, scathing memoir by daughter Jill Duggar Dillard released this week, and an excerpt published in People Magazine shows that it does not portray Jim Bob Duggar in a positive light at all.