WhatsApp Adds New Parental Controls for Teenagers
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WhatsApp is a popular app for messaging. People use it to send texts, photos, and videos. Now, WhatsApp has a new feature. It gives parents more control over their teenagers' accounts.
The new feature is optional. This means parents do not have to use it. Parents can choose to link their account to their teen's account. This is called a parent-managed account.
With this feature, parents can see some settings on their teen's app. They can check things like who can message their child. This helps parents keep their teens safe online.
WhatsApp says this is part of a plan to protect young users. Many apps are adding tools like this. Parents around the world want more safety features for their children online.
Vocabulary15 words
- control
- the power to manage something
- feature
- a special part of something, like an app
- parent-managed account
- an account that a parent can help control
- safety
- being free from danger
- optional
- something you can choose, not something you must do
- messaging
- sending written messages
- app
- a program on a phone or computer
- teenager
- a young person between 13 and 19 years old
- link
- to connect two things together
- settings
- the options you can change in an app
- online
- connected to the internet
- popular
- liked by many people
- protect
- to keep safe from harm
- plan
- an idea for doing something
- tool
- something that helps you do a job
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1. Parental controls for teens 2. Yes 3. See some settings on their teen's account
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WhatsApp is a popular app for _____.
Now, WhatsApp has a new _____.
It gives parents more _____ over their teenagers' accounts.
The new feature is _____.
Parents can choose to _____ their account to their teen's account.
This is called a _____ account.
Parents can check things like who can _____ their child.
This helps parents keep their teens _____ online.
WhatsApp says this is part of a plan to _____ young users.
Many apps are adding _____ like this.
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