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Updated June 16 · 78 apps tracked · 34 guides
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What parents need to know this week
What Is Sextortion — And What to Do If It Happens to Your Child
If this has happened to your child: (1) Do NOT pay — payment never stops the threats. (2) Stop all contact with the person threatening them. (3) Take screenshots of all messages as evidence. (4) Report to the FBI at ic3.gov and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678. (5) Contact the platform where it happened — Instagram, Snapchat, Discord, etc. — and report the account. (6) Remind your child this is not their fault and you are not angry with them. If your child hasn't experienced this: talk about it now, before it happens. Ask "What would you do if someone online asked you for a photo and then threatened you?" Having that conversation once dramatically increases the chance they come to you if it ever happens.
Read more →Meta's 13+ Content Filters Now Cover Facebook and Messenger Worldwide
Meta is rolling out its 13+ content settings to Teen Accounts globally across Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger — previously the default only on Instagram in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada since October 2025. The setting is on by default for teens: it hides age-inappropriate content in Feed and Reels, limits interaction with profiles, pages, and groups that mostly post that content, and on Messenger restricts links to inappropriate Facebook content and chats with accounts that share it. A stricter "Limited Content" mode exists for parents who want tighter filtering — it reaches Facebook and Messenger later this year. An external stress-test by Alice (formerly ActiveFence) measured 68% less mature content than competitors at the default setting, and 96% less in Limited Content mode. One honest caveat: content filters are not supervision — they shape what your teen sees, not what you can see. Pairing through Meta's Family Center is still the visibility layer.
Open your teen's Instagram and Facebook settings and confirm the Teen Account content setting is active, then decide together whether the stricter Limited Content mode fits your family.
iOS 27 Previews a Screen Time Overhaul — What Parents Get This Fall
→ You don't have to wait — set up Screen Time on iOS 26 today (our Apple Screen Time guide walks through every step), and the new iOS 27 controls layer on automatically this fall.
9 days agoDiscord now encrypts all voice and video calls end-to-end by default
→ You don't need to do anything—the protection is automatic—but understand that Discord calls are now more private by default.
29 days agoMeta announced new parental oversight tools for Instagram that let parents see what content their teens are viewing and engaging with.
→ Check Instagram's parental controls settings this month to learn what data is available to you and whether your teen's account is set up to share it with your parent account.
about 1 month agoWibto is a location-based running game where kids claim and compete for real-world territories in their neighborhood using GPS.
→ Ask your kid about the app if they're using it, review the neighborhoods they're running in, and remind them that losing virtual territory is not worth going to unsafe areas or running at dangerous times.
about 1 month agoMeta is rolling out new parental supervision tools designed to let parents see how their teens interact with AI features on Instagram and Facebook.
→ Check your teen's account settings under parental controls to see if the new AI visibility tools have been added and enable them if you have Teen Account supervision set up. Check out our full guide on the new tools.
about 2 months agoRoblox rolled out age-based accounts and new parental controls for users under 16.
→ Log into your child's Roblox account today to review and adjust the new parental controls in the account settings, so they match your family's rules.
about 2 months agoYouTube adds enhanced parental controls, offers tips to families
→ If you’ve got kids on YouTube, this is worth a quick read
about 2 months agoFridge is a new social habit-tracking app.
→ Try the app yourself or ask your teen to walk you through how their habits and progress are visible to friends, and discuss what kinds of habits they plan to share before they start using it.
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