Even an innocuous search term like family brings up inappropriate content. A lot of the ‘book’ covers have racy pictures, and even if the description doesn’t include a warning, a picture speaks a thousand words! You don’t have to really search to find adult themes (sex, extreme violence, rape, etc.). There is an incredible amount of content on this app. In my opinion, sexually explicit content is the norm for the following categories: Billionaire, ChickLit, General Fiction, LGBT+, Newadult, Paranormal, Short Story, and Vampire. Some stories/novels will have a warning from the author about sexually explicit content. There are also many authors that have not marked their stories as mature. Only users over 17 years are able to view stories tagged in this way (however it would be easy to put in a fake birthday when registering). Therefore, the author would need to tag the story as mature). The requirements to publish are selecting a category and adding tags so it will come up in a search. (Side note: when I fake published some gibberish, there was no option for marking the story as mature. Labels for sexual content aren’t moderated. Wattpad expects that authors will mark their story as mature if it contains the following themes: explicit sex scenes, self-harm, and graphic violence. If your child reads a story and looks at the comments, then they will be exposed to inappropriate language. Therefore, if your child posts a story, then they may be criticized and subject to inappropriate language. ![]() ![]() However, we also came across a lovely collection of poems and an interesting medical sci-fi novel.Ĭomments on stories can be anything. Any user can comment on a Wattpad story, and it doesn’t appear that the author can moderate comments. We read the first chapter of the first book under teen fiction. There was a high school party, the main character’s two friends were drunk, the main character had found her boyfriend in bed with another girl, the main character alluding to her bisexuality, physical abuse from the main character’s ex-boyfriend, a drunken fight, and profanity. The range of content appropriateness is massive. What do parents need to know about Wattpad? Google Play rating (Android): Wattpad is rated Teen and requires users to be 13+.
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