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Instagram Teen Accounts are more parental controls your kid can probably bypass whenever they like

Your kids are smarter than you.

Relying on a software solution to act as a nanny can seem helpful, and for a lot of kids, it might work — mom or dad said no can be enough to do the "right" thing. There's the Instagram account mom and dad can see, and then there's the other one a kid can make with a free email address. I will tell you that any parental control you set up is easy to bypass because your kids are smarter than you give them credit for.

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