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kiloyd 11-20-2017 03:44 PM

Google Hangout?
 
My 7th grader wants this because her best friend has it. It looks okay.

Katigre 11-20-2017 03:52 PM

Re: Google Hangout?
 
The 7th graders at our Christian homeschool coop use Google Hangouts to do group chats with each other. I would not have a problem with my middle schooler using it (within parental monitoring of who they're connected with and chat content of courses).

The Tickle Momster 11-20-2017 03:58 PM

Re: Google Hangout?
 
Love hangouts. I encourage my kids to use it with their friends. It helps so much with typing speed, if used on a laptop/desktop.

It does require a gmail account. Until my kids had theirs, they used mine.

AngelaVA 11-20-2017 04:00 PM

Re: Google Hangout?
 
My middle schooler uses it also, I monitor it but we haven’t had any issues.


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Hermana Linda 11-20-2017 04:03 PM

Re: Google Hangout?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by kiloyd (Post 6116828)
My 7th grader wants this because her best friend has it. It looks okay.

It's okay, as long as you keep an eye on it, as with any chatting software. It's like Skype, except that it allows group chats.

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The Tickle Momster 11-20-2017 04:13 PM

Re: Google Hangout?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hermana Linda (Post 6116834)
It's okay, as long as you keep an eye on it, as with any chatting software. It's like Skype, except that it allows group chats.

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Yes. I have all the kids chat/email stuff come through my phone. It's annoying sometimes, but worth it.

derdsgirl 11-21-2017 07:08 PM

Re: Google Hangout?
 
The only thing I would worry about is that there is an incognito mode on it, so it would be pretty easy to talk and not have any records of the conversation. If she didn't want you to know something, it would be easy to hide.

I still think it is a pretty safe place (since it isn't really social media so random people can't "find you"), but there are gaps in monitoring you should be aware about.

Soliloquy 11-21-2017 11:40 PM

Re: Google Hangout?
 
We use Hangouts as a family and my 13 and 11 yo use it with their friends.

2sunshines 11-22-2017 04:25 AM

Re: Google Hangout?
 
I like it and have no problems with my kids having it.

It's easy to monitor and pretty safe.


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