The so-called “family center” will also support German parents of young Instagram users when it comes to the safety of their children.

Just yesterday, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri announced new functions and options for Instagram's “Family Center” on Twitter.

In his tweet he also links to the Instagram blog , where you can read all the functions.

What can the “Family Center” do?

Parents can use this to support their children in using Instagram to enable them to use the platform in a controlled manner.
For example, a time limit per day can be set between 15 minutes and 2 hours. Times of day can also be explicitly blocked. This makes sense if the children have school and shouldn't use their cell phones anyway.

Parents also get an insight into which posts the child subscribes to and, conversely, who follows the child. In this way, dubious or inappropriate contact requests can be stopped from the outset.

Mutual consent required

Of course, the feeling of being controlled should not prevail with such tools. Children should learn to use social media responsibly. However, awareness of this approach must be learned and should not be influenced by negative experiences.

Privacy is certainly a big issue here. Not every child wants to tell their parents everything. Let's think back: Each of us had one or two little secrets. Instagram has specified that parents cannot read direct messages sent by their children.

But first and foremost, a conversation between parents and children is certainly necessary, as the parenting functions of the family center must be activated on both sides. So if you talk about wishes, ideas and possible dangers on an equal footing, it is certainly a nice tool until the children become “social media fledged” and you as a parent can be sure that they have the necessary knowledge to use it safely Have platforms like Instagram.

The parent’s “children’s existence” ends with the 18th birthday, but can also be ended by the child before then.

This function was introduced in the USA in March. There was consistently positive feedback about the family center – from parents and young people.

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Source: Instagram , Meta , FAZ


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