I've been fully Facebook free for 6 months now, but I have a slight dilemma. My kids insist on using WhatsApp, because that's what all their friends, and family on their mum's side use. As much as I'd love to, I'm not likely to be able to nudge them towards using something like Signal instead. The network effect is too strong. At the moment we message each other over iMessage, but I increasingly get the impression they begrudge not having all their messages in one place on their side.
So, do I persist with iMessage, or hold my nose and install WhatsApp?
Hold your nose. Install WhatsApp. See how your kids want to live their social life.
And be there to guide them when they ask for help. It’s how we’ve done it, and going well so far.
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