But is Messenger Kids a good option for your little ones? Here's a closer look at what the service promises and what we found when taking it out for a test run. Messenger Kids is built for ...

And there is even Messenger Kids, which aims to be a safe place for your kids to message friends. To send a message, click the pen and paper icon in the top right corner. Your friends list will ...

It's designed around kids' safety and parental control to keep little ones safe from unknown contacts. Messenger Kids is built on the standard Messenger app, and Facebook made several changes to ...

Early in the morning of December 4, press started hitting about Facebook's new "Messenger Kids" app, an extension of their chat product designed for the under-13 set. Is it okay for kids to be on ...

Advocacy groups have suggested that Messanger Kids, even the idea of the service, is not a good idea. If Facebook wants Messenger Kids to be a success, and for the platform to be a conduit through ...

And you’re fine with that. The Messenger Kids update now allows those kids to connect, if you okay it. The new feature will still require that both parents are on Facebook. On Facebook ...

making it a safe way for children to stay in touch with family members and friends. For starters, Messenger Kids doesn't require the creation of a Facebook account – instead, parents will create ...

We have been very clear that there is no advertising in Messenger Kids.” But the letter writers aren't buying it. Instead of providing a truly safe service for children and parents, they see it ...

targeting young people — and the parents who hopefully control their devices and screen time — with what the social media giant considers to be a safe chat option. Messenger Kids is a ...

Messenger Kids comes stocked with “kid-appropriate ... The app is a win-win for Facebook: It gives parents a “safe” messaging option, while at the same time pulling more people under ...

Facebook claims very little data is being collected inside the Messenger Kids app and the data that is being collected is for operational purposes or for ensuring a good experience within the app.

Messenger Kids, for all its faults ... I know social media turned out not to be the force for good that people once thought. It can be beautiful and kind and horrible and ugly, just like the ...