Kelly Clarkson Says Her Kids Cannot "Ever Have" Social Media While Living With Her

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Kelly Clarkson Says Her Kids Cannot "Ever Have" Social Media While Living With Her https://t.co/MZKfM2bKHE
- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) January 6, 2024

Comments

[la_loony]

McConaughey and his wife announced that he was able to join Instagram on his 15th birthday over the summer.

He should've kept that to himself tbh. The public should not know it, even if the insta is set to private (like it should be) and neither the username nor pic give him away.

[blandinavian]

His kid's Insta is anything but private. They launched it like they were introducing him to society or something. It was weird af.

[la_loony]

Idiot parents.

[sweetwaterlane]

i remember that post. Weren't they like immediately promoting him as a model/surfer too? Way to soft launch your kid into social media...

[dejatrue]

[skyler_white_yo]

Total bans never ever work, kids will find a way around bans. It’s better to teach them social media responsibility and moderation.

[pwrpuffgrl]

But at 8 and 10 years of age? The minimum age to join social media is 13 in most platforms. I'd do that when they're 13.

[oh_ilikethat_2]

Yeah these black and white parenting “solutions” always lack nuance and fail to take into account the reality of the society their kids are growing up in. They’re going to feel like they’re missing out-majorly. So many inside jokes and so much vernacular comes from social media now. It’s also a primary form of communication for a lot of kids. I even got fomo as a 30 yo adult without instagram and I actually feel wayyyy more connected to my friends (and in some ways happier?) now that I use it. So many of my favorite people post almost every day and I love that I can check in with them and see how they’re doing and have a more free-flowing form of communication. avoiding it wasn’t doing my friendships any favors.

What could (and probably will) happen is that they’ll just create secret accounts when they start feeling like they’re missing out. Having a secret account is even more unsafe than having one that their parents know about.

[tippythepoodle]

The real story here is that they only see their father 4 days a month. Deadbeat

[senshi_forever]

This! That's crazy.

[helyanwe89]

I feel like every other weekend seems to happen a lot for some reason in custody arrangements, so I don't feel that surprised.

[daffneygillifin]

Yeah I had a great father growing up and for some reason the judge only awarded him every other weekend visits. He fought for more, but was denied. What I don’t get was my mom worked nights so I only saw her every other weekend and my dad basically had to take care of me until she came home?

[wonheaux]

i'd understand this until around age 15-16. they'll find ways around it eventually.

[crownless__]

And even if you supervise that account, they will make several accounts hidden from you, probably it's better if you just teach them how to have common sense around social media

[bloopbloop01]

This is good, adolescent stupidity should not be forever on the internet.

[aciren95]

Yuppp that’s the thing that gets me - kids have their names and faces associated with their public online profiles. At least put your profile on private!!

When I was a kid growing up online at least we were warned to never share our face or names online. And even so, as I got older I was so embarrassed by the silly things I posted as a kid but at least I was comforted by the fact my real identity couldn’t be construed from my username/pic and haunt me to the grave lol

[bloopbloop01]

I’m forever grateful that I grew up when I did. I got to see the Internet when it was only geocities, chat rooms, and some forums, but also I got to see instant messaging and the beginning of MySpace. I also grew up with “stranger danger” and I knew better than to ever give anyone my real name or real location. It’s soooooo crazy to me that kids today sign up on social media with their real names!!!