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With four kids of varying ages at home, Today host Carson Daly and his wife, Siri [3], are navigating parenting phases with babies, tweens, and everything in between. However, the dad of 11-year-old Jackson, 8-year-old Etta, 6-year-old London, and 10-month-old Goldie recently shared a tip for parents of older kids who are using social media [4] and playing phone games: download everything your kid is using and learn how the apps work yourself.
"Everything my kids are playing, I actually download and play it," he said on Today. "My wife thinks I'm crazy, whether it's Roblox or Among Us [5] or all these popular games. TikTok, Snapchat, I want to see it as a parent with my own eyes so I see what they're navigating through."
This tip is one many parents may not be implementing themselves, but it can be added as part of a larger social media parenting strategy that includes setting boundaries for kids' usage as well as talking to them often about internet safety [7] and the effects of social media.