How to set up Facebook Messenger safely for your child, including privacy controls and Messenger Kids as an alternative.
อายุทางการ
13+
เราแนะนำ
13+
นักพัฒนา
Meta Platforms
ความเสี่ยง
4
Facebook Messenger is Meta's messaging platform, offering text, voice, and video communication. It is closely integrated with Facebook and Instagram. For children under 13, Meta offers Messenger Kids, a parent-controlled alternative with no ads and a supervised contact list. Teen Accounts (ages 13-17) set more protective defaults, and a parent who supervises a teen through Meta's Family Center can see who the teen has chatted with in the last 7 days, but not message content or group-chat names.
Teenagers use Messenger primarily for text and video chat with friends and family, group conversations, and sharing photos and links. Many use it because their parents are on Facebook and it provides a convenient family communication tool. Group chats for school projects and social groups are common. Users can share their live location in a chat for up to one hour, and only the people in that chat can see where they are.
Message Delivery
ตำแหน่ง: Settings → Privacy & Safety → Message Delivery
ตั้งค่าเป็น: Only Facebook friends can message directly
Controls who can send messages directly versus who gets filtered into message requests. Restrict to friends only.
Active Status
ตำแหน่ง: Settings → Active Status
ตั้งค่าเป็น: Off
Hides whether your child is currently online, reducing social pressure to respond immediately.
Story Privacy
ตำแหน่ง: Settings → Story Privacy
ตั้งค่าเป็น: Friends Only
Limits who can see Messenger Stories your child posts, keeping them within their known circle.
For under-13s, use Messenger Kids instead of the standard app and maintain full control over the contact list
เวลา: 15 minutes
Restrict message delivery to Facebook friends only and review your child's friend list to ensure everyone is known to them
เวลา: 10 minutes
Explain the risks of clicking links or accepting video calls from unfamiliar contacts
เวลา: 10 minutes
ตรวจสอบล่าสุด: 2026-03-15
เนื้อหาต้นฉบับภาษาอังกฤษ: /apps/facebook-messenger