Messenger Kids is Meta’s messaging application for children. It doesn’t require kids to have Facebook accounts, and it allows parents to control who their kids can talk to. Before a child can use ...

The Facebook app "Messenger Kids" released several feature updates as well as a news alert that they'd expanded service to a number of new regions. They've suggested that they've responded to parent ...

Some parents say the app helps their kids connect with family and friends. But inappropriate content has slipped through the cracks. Shiu Pei Luu, Messenger Kids art director, brainstorms ideas for ...

Parenting is a 24/7 job. There’s no “out of office” button when your kid needs something. You have to be available for anything they ask. So if Messenger Kids is suddenly not showing replies on your ...

Meghan Walbert is Lifehacker's Managing Editor. She has a degree in journalism and has worked at Lifehacker as a writer and editor since 2018, covering parenting, foster care, online child safety, and ...

Facebook Messenger Kids has been giving parents and their children a supervised channel of communication since 2017, letting kids chat freely with friends and loved ones. While parents have always had ...

Facebook Messenger Kids now has Supervised Friending, which allows parents to simultaneously manage their child’s contact list and give their kid more independence, Facebook said in its announcement.

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Antigone Davis, Facebook's global head of safety, describes the app as "technology on training wheels" Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...