So recently I read a chapter in a book called “The Parent App” and it discussed a story of a young girl who created a fake social media account to cyberbully someone she was no longer friends with. After reading the chapter I wanted to find more readings on occasions where fake social media accounts were made by young people for different motives. While searching, I actually found a writing on parents creating fake socials to watch their kids in the media. I didn’t know this was a popular thing because it has never happened to me or any of my friends…that they know of. Growing up and even until this day I was never heavy on social media, but for the accounts I did have, I let my mother follow me because I’m a very private person so I knew I would never post anything provocative regardless. For me, if I created a fake social media account to spy on my kid, my first worry would be that they allowed this “unknown” account to follow them in the first place. Although I think it is clever that parents are creating these pages, it’s kind of funny that kids will always be one step ahead of them. I know it’s a hard pill to swallow, but things such as finstas (private instagram pages that people post the real intriguing and “naughty” things that they do and only allow their closest friends follow) have been around for a long time and are probably going nowhere. The thing about finsta is that you could name it something so ridiculous and random and make your profile picture anything you want and no one would know it was you unless you told them. Majority, if not all these accounts are private and have less than 100 followers on them. This is where you post videos of you drunk or talk about the guys you’ve been speaking to. To be honest, kids these days don’t really ever post anything inappropriate on their actual pages because they have finstas or private stories on their snapchat. Me being young, I think it’s actually kind of funny though that parents feel so good about being able to snoop on their kids socials because in reality they probably won’t find too much. I think a parent would find more scoop on their child if they read their messages.
Parents Are Using Fake Social Media Accounts To Monitor Their Kids
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