As part of Snap\u2019s child safety efforts, Snapchat is launching a new supervision tool on Tuesday that the company says mimics how parents and teenagers interact in the real world. <\/p>\n

Snapchat\u2019s new \u201cFamily Center\u201d hub allows parents and guardians to keep tabs on who their teens message with on the app without disclosing what it is they\u2019re saying to each other. Both the guardian and the child must accept the Family Center invite before the oversight tools can take effect. Once the invites are accepted, a guardian can see the entirety of their child\u2019s friends list and a list of accounts they\u2019ve interacted with over the last seven days and report concerning accounts to Snap\u2019s Trust and Safety Team.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal was to create a set of tools designed to reflect the dynamics of real-world relationships and foster collaboration and trust between parents and teens,\u201d Snap said in its Tuesday blog post. The feature is meant to copy real-life relationships, like when a parent lets a kid\u2019s friends come over but doesn\u2019t monitor everything they say.<\/p>\n

Snap plans to roll out new Family Center features over the next few weeks, including tools allowing parents to view the new friends their children have added along with additional content controls. <\/p>\n