The Good and Bad of TikTok

Have you heard of TikTok? If you haven’t it is an app where you can post short videos of yourself dancing and making funny videos, but is it really good for you? TikTok can teach you new dances that are really fun and easy. You also get to communicate with your friends!

 TikTok doesn’t have any rules. This can be dangerous. It takes a long time to make a perfect video and people carelessly upload videos without thinking! TikTok dances are also very addicting that you will be doing them everywhere. You can make a private account and only follow your friends! A good thing is if you make a private account only the people you follow can see your videos. If that’s not a thing you’re worried about you can just make a public account.

If your kid is begging you for TikTok and you don’t really want them to have it you can make your own account and follow them so you can see what they are doing. Isn’t that great! TikTok has 500,000,000 users. Maybe you can make it 500,000,001. Maybe Loren Gray or Charli D’amelio are the people you look up to.

 Christine Elgersma, senior editor, parent education @CommonSense said, “ TikTok can be really fun. Some videos are lighthearted and cute, and can be a source of creativity for kids.” People also get too obsessed with how many followers or likes they have. This can ruin friendships.  Elgersma said, “But I have seen things I wouldn’t want my 9-year-old daughter to see”. Some TikTok users started deleting their accounts after the app began promoting their users to enter their birthdays.“ It is the worst part of TikTok when kids can talk to older adults and not know who they are” says Alexandra Wysocki. These are some good and bad things about TikTok that will help you decide if you want TikTok or are helping to change your mind about TikTok!