cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/63107763

I’m looking for something like Snikket or Prosody, but kids-oriented. I DON’T want my <10 daughter using Meta Messenger Kids! I’ll tell my friends to setup for their kids, too. I’d have no access to anything, so it’s secure (mom and dad not snooping per se), but the downside is minimal parental controls. Though, no one to really add either.

I’ll host or pay for it, IDC. It doesn’t seem like there is much out there either.

JusTalk seemed nice when I found out but apparently China owned and so no more secure. I/we need better options!

  • JasonDJ@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    Seriously I couldn’t even get my wife to use a third party messaging app.

    Thank God iPhones finally support…RCS.

    The problem is, if we fold on our kids, we are essentially just handing them over to meta. Forever. They will end up being as locked in and helpless as every other adult.

    Facebook is the new smoking. Even worse. Because parents are now expected to put the cigarettes into their kids mouths themselves…and if they don’t? Your kid will be a social leper, and have the most miserable adolescence available.

    Parents can’t even feign ignorance. We know how bad social media is…but we’re addicted. They’ve got dopamine on a treble hook right into our brains and they know it.

    That’s not even teenage hyperbole. Like that’s legit what life is like for kids. No socials? May as well not exist.