01/02/2026
SNAPCHAT is like a dangerous playground for kids, no safety features and predators are known to regularly hang out there, yet many parents allow their kids to play there anyways…
Here’s great information as usual from Officer Gomez…parents, please take the time to read…
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“Why Snapchat is awesome!
1) Very popular and most kids use it.
2) The filters on Snapchat are very fun to use.
3) Automatically hides information from parents.
4) Has a secret pass-coded picture vault.
5) Automatically logs devices out when logged into on another device.
Why not Snapchat is not so awesome!
1) Parents can't check kids' phones for content incoming or outgoing.
2) Lots of inappropriate behaviors posted on Snapchat desensitize kids to reality. (N**e photos, drugs, parties, crimes, po*******hy, fights, pranks, challenges, etc.)
3) Parents can't monitor or filter information being seen.
4) Parents can't check who is talking to their children.
5) Parents have to blindly trust their young teens in a very hazardous environment.
6) Snapchat can broadcast your child's location within 10 feet.
7) Most predators highly recommend Snapchat to kids they are speaking with.
8 - Snapchat comes with a built in AI (Artificial Intelligence) buddy that acts as a therapist, counselor, map, homework helper, dating advocate, s*x advice, legal assistant, and much more. AI's functionality is very untested and should not be administered to kids at this time.
9 - Once addicted to Snapchat, kids will do almost anything to have more Snapchat. It is very similar to what happens when people are addicted to hard drugs.
I strongly recommend 18 (previously 16) be a better age for Snapchat to be allowed on phones. I see many terrible things at school come across Snapchat and parents have no way to see what that is. It is common for 75% of girls in high school to have sent out naked pictures and most of those have been sent on Snapchat. I also see kids get completely addicted (4-10 hours per day) to time that is completely wasted and will not have any return on time used.
Why risk this as a parent?
1) I want to be the "cool parent".
2) I'm tired of arguing with my kid about it.
3) I have no idea what Snapchat is.
4) All the other kids have it. FOMO
5) I trust my kid and nothing you say will change that.
6) My kid is different than any other kid.
Did you know Snapchat has a built-in secret picture vault with its own password? Yup, most parents don’t know about this either. (See my previous post about how to find the secret vault which is called My Eyes Only).
Most online predators love it when parents give their children Snapchat as there is no way to monitor it. I personally consider any device that has Snapchat an unmonitored device no matter how good parents think they are at technology.
Did you know spambots can send unsolicited po*******hy indiscriminately to usernames on Snapchat? Phone checks are not going to uncover this feature.
Please put some serious thought into letting your children have an application on their cell phones that hides information from parents.
Happy Parenting,
Officer Gomez
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