Instagram Facebook Twitter Snapchat Musical.ly WhatsApp kik SayAt.Me Marco Polo Monkey Ask.Fm House Party Fire Chat After School Sarahah VIDEO-MESSAGING APPS • VIDEO APPS LIKE MARCO POLO, HOUSE PARTY AND FIRECHAT ARE THE NEW CHAT ROOMS • MARCO POLO, WHICH HAS BEEN DOWNLOADED AT LEAST 10 MILLION TIMES ON THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE, TOUTS ITSELF AS A VIDEO “WALKIE-TALKIE.” YOU MAKE A VIDEO AND SEND IT. IN RESPONSE YOUR FRIEND MAKES A VIDEO. ALL THE VIDEOS LIVE IN A QUEUE; YOU ADD A VIDEO WHEN IT’S CONVENIENT. YELLOW • YELLOW, WHICH HAS BEEN CALLED “TINDER FOR TEENS” (SWIPE RIGHT IF YOU WANT TO BECOME FRIENDS WITH SOMEONE; SWIPE LEFT IF YOU DON’T), OPENS WITH A GEO-LOCATOR. THERE IS A 13-YEAR- OLD AGE MINIMUM, WHICH THERE’S NO WAY OF VERIFYING. ANONYMOUS APPS • ANONYMOUS APPS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN A FACELESS AND NAMELESS DOCUMENTATION OF THEIR LIVES (AS OPPOSED TO A SELFIE), DRAWING IN CHILDREN WHO LEARNED FROM EARLIER GENERATIONS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF AN OFFENSIVE ONLINE FOOTPRINT. • THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ANONYMOUS APPS ON THE MARKET — AFTER SCHOOL, SARAHAH, SAYAT.ME, MONKEY AND ASK.FM ARE SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR — ALL OF THEM PROMISING THE SAME FEATURE: SPILL INTIMATE FEELINGS ABOUT YOURSELF OR, ON THE FLIP SIDE, SPREAD RUMORS AND ATTACK FRIENDS, WITHOUT ANY TRACE OF WHO SAID WHAT. EPHEMERAL APPS • MANY ADULTS HAVE HEARD OF SNAPCHAT AND INSTAGRAM STORIES, BUT WHAT ABOUT LIVE.LY, A RISING LIVE-STREAMING APP WITH A LARGE TEENAGE AUDIENCE? • ALL THREE WORK LIKE A DISAPPEARING MAGIC ACT. YOU SEND PHOTOS, TEXTS AND VIDEOS, AND POOF. • CHANCES ARE, YOUR TEENAGER IS USING SNAPCHAT: 75 PERCENT OF TEENS USE THE APP. “FINSTAGRAM” ACCOUNTS • INSTAGRAM IMPOSTOR ACCOUNTS • ALTERNATE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS THAT PARENTS CAN’T SEE • TEENS CREATE MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS, OR THEY MAKE FAKE ACCOUNTS THAT LOOK LIKE REAL ACCOUNTS FOR OTHER PEOPLE. MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES • GETTING RID OF AN APP IS LIKE PLAYING WHACK-A-MOLE — PARTICULARLY BECAUSE MANY YOUNG PEOPLE MAINTAIN MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS WITH VARYING LEVELS OF SECRECY. • BARK, LIMITLY AND TRACK KIDZ TO MONITOR YOUR CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY. • HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS. • TALK ABOUT THE DANGERS OF SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION • SET LIMITS FOR SCREEN TIME..