Key Takeaways

• Students who are uncomfortable with Snapchat may feel forced to use it anyway, because that's where their friends are online
• If a student sends something personal on a disappearing message app on the assumption it can't be saved (it can), their words or pictures can be used as a tool for cyberbullying, harassment, or worse
• When someone takes a screenshot of one or two messages a student sends, it's easy to take their words out of context and show them in a bad light

Dialogue Starters (questions for parents to ask kids)

• How much do you and your friends use Snapchat, and do you feel like you have to use it if you want to communicate with them online? 
• How can disappearing messages make it easy to take someone's words or images out of context? 
• What kinds of things have you heard about happening with people you know using disappearing messages?