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Parental guidance: Concern over Snapchat app

Snapchat is an app for smartphones that lets

Photo credit: Handout | Snapchat is an app for smartphones that lets users send each other photos that last for up to 10 seconds and then disappear from the recipient's screen.

My kids keep talking about something called Snapchat. What is that?

Snapchat is an app that seems to be all the rage among tweens and teens who have smartphones. Once you download the free app and create a user name, you can participate. It's like sending a photo text, but it lasts only 1 to 10 seconds, after which it disappears from the recipient's phone with no record of the picture.

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