LinkedIn is the most boring place on the internet, which is usually a safety feature, but here it's a trap. Because it's 'professional,' parents often give it a pass, forgetting that it's an unmoderated social network where 40-year-old 'CEOs' can direct message 16-year-olds without any oversight.

If your teen is dead-set on building a professional brand, fine—but you need to treat it with the same level of privacy-paranoia you'd give to a site like Reddit or X. It's not a playground; it's a digital office building with no security guard at the door.