What if my parents don’t allow me to Instagram, TikTok, and the like? (Snapchat, ban, destroy)

Do you have to use all of this and why exactly?

Instead of your parents, I would initially feel skeptical if my child wanted everything at random. Tiktok and Instagram are more of a vehicle for hobbies that are pursued outside of these platforms, so only make sense if you are already taking photos or making videos and want to share them. Snapchat is such a middle ground. Whatsapp is only used for communication and there are often school groups, so that would make sense for the school.

If I wanted to convince my parents in your place, then I would first look for arguments – in peace, alone. And then talk to the parents, tell them the honest reason why I want access to these platforms and also say very specifically what I want to do / publish there and what not.

So honestly say that I would like to have access, because otherwise I feel excluded from the circle of friends who communicate via the platform forms and do not notice a lot, but also because I specifically want to share this and that and find like-minded people online while But I would be aware of the dangers of too much privacy on the Internet and would therefore only share this and that and definitely not others.

And then I would choose the one platform that would be most important to me, explain why that is the case and ask whether I can use it on a trial basis for a month while I regularly show my parents what I am doing there and which ones I get answers with the request to leave my privacy there later. And then let’s see what happens.

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