➡ ♥♥♥ Link: br br br br br br br br br br br br br br br Unless you're single, you might not be familiar with dating apps such as Tinder, where users can quickly swipe through prospective dates. But it's likely -- even though they're mostly designed for adults. According to the company's own estimates,. Although adults use these apps both for casual hookups and for scouting out more long-term relationships, they're risky for teens. For starters, although many of the apps aren't intended for them, it's easy for savvy teens to get around registration-related age restrictions. Secondly, adults can pose as teens and vice versa. Location-sharing increases the potential for a real-life meeting; less dangerous but still troubling is the heavy emphasis on looks as a basis for judgment. It's possible that teens are only testing boundaries with these apps. Many are eager to be on the same wavelength as their 20-something counterparts, and the prospect of meeting someone outside their social circles is exciting. And with so much of their social lives happening online, teens feel comfortable using apps to meet people. But these apps are not a safe way for them to explore dating. If you learn your teen is using dating apps, take the opportunity to talk about using social media safely and responsibly -- and discuss what's out of bounds. Keep lines of communication open; talk to them about how they approach dating and relationships and how to create a healthy, fulfilling one -- and note that these usually don't start with a swipe. Below are some of the adult dating apps that teens are using. This adults-only app for online-dating-style social networking boasts more than 200 million users worldwide. The app and the companion desktop version identifies the location of a user by tracking his or her device's location and then matches pictures and profiles of potentially thousands of people the user could contact in the surrounding area. What parents need to know. Badoo is definitely not for kids; its policy requests that no photos of anyone under 18 be posted. However, content isn't moderated, and lots of sexual images show up as you browse. This app started as a website over 10 years ago and has gone through lots of iterations. It currently exists as a location-based app that shows you the hottest -- or most-attractive-per-the-rating-system -- people nearby. What parents need to know. A user must first set up an account of his own, with photos -- and must verify his identity with a working email address or a Facebook account and a mobile phone number. The site says it will not accept a profile unless the user is 13 or older and that users 13 to 17 can't chat or share photos with users older than 17 -- but there's no age-verification process. Part text-messaging app, part social network, Kik gives users the opportunity to talk to both friends and strangers.