Product design question

Design a social networking app for students of class 1 to class 12?

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What this question tests

Product design judgment on safety-critical products, since the users are minors.

Users: segment sharply by age, a class 1 student's needs differ hugely from a class 12 student's.
Pain points: existing social networks are not designed for child safety, parental oversight, or age-appropriate content.
Prioritize: safety and parental controls come before any growth or engagement feature, given the user base.
Solution: age-gated experiences, moderated content, school-verified groups, and parent visibility into activity.
Success metric: safe engagement, like time spent in verified educational groups, not raw engagement time.
Confirm scope: whether this is school-sponsored or open consumer, since that changes moderation requirements entirely.

Leads with safety and COPPA-style considerations before any feature design, appropriate given users as young as class 1.
Segments younger children (heavily parent-mediated) from older teens (more independence, still moderated).
Defines success around safe, purposeful use, like completed collaborative school projects, not time spent.

Designing a generic social feed without addressing child safety and privacy regulation first.
Treating class 1 and class 12 students as one homogeneous user group.
Optimizing for engagement time, which is a red flag for a product aimed at children.

How would you handle content moderation differently for a 6 year old versus a 17 year old user?
What would you do if a school requested different privacy controls than parents wanted?