Does your child have Finsta? If you haven’t caught on to the latest lingo, this is a fake Instagram account. We’ll show you how to find out if your child has a second or even a third Instagram account.
If you want to monitor your child’s online activity, you need to have access to his phone or plan to do some detective work.
Keep in mind that most kids using Finsta will be happy to show you an account where they post bland items that they’d be happy to share with mom and dad.
This means you might be looking at her Instagram account right now and not even know it was completely censored. What you want to do is find the fake Instagram account where they post riskier photos or highlight dangerous behavior.
What is Finsta?
What you need to know about Finstas, fake Instagram accounts.
KTVB It addresses this growing trend where young people create second or third Instagram accounts to share with friends and gain followers without showing their behavior to parents.
“A finsta is a fake Instagram account,” 19-year-old Bri tells KTVB. “Pub it anyway. You post some really wild stuff like your grandma that you don’t want anyone to see.”
Her friend Rachel weighs in, “Everything in the fista will fall in half, a drink will be spilled on it. It’s just not a good picture,” says Rachel. “It’s almost like blackmailing yourself.”
If you really want to know what your kid is doing or sharing on Instagram, you need to look more than just the account you follow.
How to Find Your Child’s Second Instagram Account
Check if your child has a second Instagram account.
You will need your child’s iPhone or Android to control this. You will also need their password. Assuming you pay for the service and watch what they do, you’ll already have that access. If not, it’s time for another conversation.
If there is a second account, you will see it in a drop-down menu here. From there you can see the second or third account. Note that they can log out of their Finsta account if they know you’re calling.
