NEW YORK _ When Jennifer Gutterson's daughter Alexa, 16, suggested they make a video together that Alexa could post on "TikTok," the Plainview mom says she didn't realize she was about to be featured on an app with hundreds of millions of users.
"TikTok" is all the rage right now among teens and even tweens. "I go on it every day. It's a fun way to spend time," Alexa says. She says she is hoping to become " 'TikTok' famous," and sometimes the short clips kids make featuring their parents or grandparents are so funny they go viral. The mother-daughter video shows Gutterson, 46, an elementary school aide, and Alexa, a high school junior, lip syncing "Play My Music" by the Jonas Brothers in the front seat of the family car while they make accompanying actions such as plugging their noses and dipping underwater.
"Even I like it," Adele Tongish, says of "TikTok." Tongish is the creator of the website Digitallybalancedfamilies.com, which helps parents stay up-to-speed on their kids' digital lives. "Some of the videos are amazingly creative. They're lighthearted and silly and quick. I've spent lots of wasted time myself on "TikTok." I can completely see why kids are obsessed."
