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Welcome to Family Center

Tools and resources to support your family's digital experiences

ACROSS META TECHNOLOGIES

A safer experience wherever your family interacts

Learn about the built-in protections, customizable features, and parental supervision tools available across our technologies.

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It's time to close Instagram

You've reached the end of your allowed screen time today.

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It's time to close Instagram

You've reached the end of your allowed screen time today.

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INSTAGRAM

Empower them to create and connect with built-in safeguards and customizable tools.

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Invite your parent or guardian to supervise your Teen Account on Facebook and Messenger. Learn more about supervision and Teen Accounts

Supervision lets them manage your safety settings, or they can give you permission to manage your settings on your own.

It shows them who you’re connected with and how much time you spend on both apps.

They won’t see your chats, searches or content not available to them.

You or your teen can remove supervision anytime. Learn more

Supervision tools on Family Center

Supervision adds tools and insights to the automatic protections in Teen Accounts, giving parents of teens 13–17 more oversight and a way to collaborate on safety settings.

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HELPFUL GUIDES AND ARTICLES

Essential resources to support your family's digital experiences

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Enable safer exploration

Encourage positive interaction

Manage screen time

Get media savvy

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Age appropriate content online: what it means for parents

EXPERT PARTNERS

Stop Sextortion: tips for parents | A guide by Thorn

A guide for parents and caregivers showing you how you can help your teen avoid getting into dangerous, tricky situations like sextortion.

TIP

Reflect on it: how would you respond if your teen encountered something upsetting online?

Be prepared for anything they might come across. Learn best practices for approaching sensitive situations.

EXPERT PARTNERS

Stop Sextortion: tips for parents | A guide by Thorn

A guide for parents and caregivers showing you how you can help your teen avoid getting into dangerous, tricky situations like sextortion.

TIP

Reflect on it: how would you respond if your teen encountered something upsetting online?

Be prepared for anything they might come across. Learn best practices for approaching sensitive situations.

Tips for handling online bullying

EXPERT PARTNERS

Managing online relationships | Parentzone

A guide from Parentzone on how to help your teen manage their online relationships and navigate concerns around blocking and reporting people on Instagram.

TIP

Ask your teen: “What do you do when you see someone being mean to someone else online?”

Get advice on how to talk with your teen about how they are in the digital work from Richard Culatta, International Society for Technology in Education

EXPERT PARTNERS

Managing online relationships | Parentzone

A guide from Parentzone on how to help your teen manage their online relationships and navigate concerns around blocking and reporting people on Instagram.

TIP

Ask your teen: “What do you do when you see someone being mean to someone else online?”

Get advice on how to talk with your teen about how they are in the digital work from Richard Culatta, International Society for Technology in Education

Modeling good digital behaviors

EXPERT PARTNERS

How to form healthy habits online with your teenager | NAMLE

How you can create a healthy media environment in your home to keep your family safer and take advantage of the opportunities available with technological advances.

TIP

Not all screen time is equal. Emphasize quality over quantity.

Learn how to find balance between the physical and digital worlds with Richard Culatta, International Society for Technology in Education.

EXPERT PARTNERS

How to form healthy habits online with your teenager | NAMLE

How you can create a healthy media environment in your home to keep your family safer and take advantage of the opportunities available with technological advances.

TIP

Not all screen time is equal. Emphasize quality over quantity.

Learn how to find balance between the physical and digital worlds with Richard Culatta, International Society for Technology in Education.

The future is here: understanding generative AI through media literacy

EXPERT PARTNERS

Five tips for being a media literate creator | NAMLE

Technology can give us the power to use our creativity and to share it with the world. But, as everyone knows, power comes with responsibility.

TIP

Encourage your teen to ask the famous five W questions as they engage with content.

Asking Who? What? When? Where? and Why? can help teens become better readers of online content.

EXPERT PARTNERS

Five tips for being a media literate creator | NAMLE

Technology can give us the power to use our creativity and to share it with the world. But, as everyone knows, power comes with responsibility.

TIP

Encourage your teen to ask the famous five W questions as they engage with content.

Asking Who? What? When? Where? and Why? can help teens become better readers of online content.

EXPERT SPOTLIGHT

National Association for Media Literacy Education

A community of educators, NAMLE is committed to advancing media literacy education.

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KEY TOOLS AND FEATURES

Meta has spent over a decade developing numerous tools, features and resources

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OCTOBER 2025

Instagram Teen Account content settings are now guided by PG-13 ratings

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SEPTEMBER 2024 - ONGOING

Teen Accounts are introduced and rolled out across apps

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Who can message you

Soon, only the people you follow will be able to message you.

Who can message you

Soon, only the people you follow will be able to message you.

Who can message you

Soon, only the people you follow will be able to message you.

Who can message you

Soon, only the people you follow will be able to add you to group chats.

Who can message you

Soon, only the people you follow will be able to add you to group chats.

Who can message you

Soon, only the people you follow will be able to add you to group chats.

MARCH 2022 - NOVEMBER 2023

Supervision is introduced and rolled out across apps

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Supervision

Supervision on Instagram

Soon, only the people you follow will be able to message you.

JULY 2021

Instagram sets default private accounts for users under 16

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Privacy

Account Privacy

Account privacy

MARCH 2021

Messenger and Instagram begin to restrict adult-teen interactions

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Do you know this person?

if not, there are some things you can do to keep this conversation safe.

Do you know this person?

if not, there are some things you can do to keep this conversation safe.

Do you know this person?

if not, there are some things you can do to keep this conversation safe.

No

Yes

AUGUST 2018

Meta launches activity dashboard for Facebook and Instagram

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Time on Facebook

You spent an average of 46 minutes a day using the facebook app on the device last week.

Time on Facebook

You spent an average of 46 minutes a day using the facebook app on the device last week.

Time on Facebook

You spent an average of 46 minutes a day using the facebook app on the device last week.

SEPTEMBER 2016

Instagram feature begins filtering offensive content

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Hidden Words

Advanced comment filtering

Even more comments that meet our criteria will automatically be hidden

OCTOBER 2010

Instagram introduces blocking feature

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Block frenchie_fry39 and other accounts they may have or create

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FEATURED NEWS AND RESOURCES

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RESOURCES

Instagram PG-13 Content Settings for Teens

Discover Instagram’s new PG-13-guided content settings for teens. Learn how parents can talk with teens and tailor safer, age-appropriate experiences online.