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My 14 yo SD has a MySpace acct that she started on her friend's computer. We have Internet at our house, her mom does not (SD lives w/her Mom). When we found out she had a MySpace acct & was accessing it from our computer we blocked Internet from her Windows user acct. Now Internet access is only w/our permission through a password protected adult user acct. We realize we can't stop her from accessing her MySpace at anyone else's house & at 14 yo she doesn't need parental consent to open another if we make her close this one. So during a family meeting we discussed her MySpace use & she reluctantly gave us her password so we could monitor what was said or done. She has her settings on private but from what I've read and heard, NOTHING is private on Internet. What concerns me is some of the pics she's posted show her standing outside wearing pants & her bikini top. First reaction was that they're not appropriate. Then I thought "Well, she probebly walks around dressed like that in the trailer park where she lives so maybe they're not that bad". (I'm often accused of being a prude but still feel they're inappropriate for MySpace.) Also, it looks like she has the top of a Marlboro cigarette box sticking out of one of the pants pockets (she always tells us she hates smoking, thinks it's gross, would never smoke, etc. so I don't know why she would have a pack sticking out of her pocket). Should I talk to her about these pics? Some of the messages she & her friends write are full of foul language & can sometimes get mean. Should I talk to her about these as well? If she insists on having this MySpace I want to monitor it so she will be kept safe but I also don't want to be invasive. Any advice, comments, or opinions about this subject?
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| Posted by Cheryl on 06/27/2007 11:33 AM
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| I feel your pain! My SD and my daughter and my SS have a myspace account. We do allow it on this computer because we swear it gives our computer a viruses. So they sneak on and lie about it when you know they did because you can view the history. They also sneak and get on at my mom's house too. My mother's parenting style is way to relaxed than that compared to my siblings and I. I tryed to tell her not to let them on, but sh's a total push over.!!! PULLING MY HAIR OUT!!! Sorry for shouting :-) |
| posted by busygirl0219 on 09/10/2007 02:50 AM
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| If your relationship with her is a good one I say talk to her. I have a MySpace account and make a search for my kids pages all the time I have them as friends on my page so that I can check them out not saying it is fool proof but its working for me. |
| posted by Patrick on 09/29/2007 02:36 PM
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| Thank You:) She has let me view her page. She actually wanted me to. ( meaning that she dragged me into the computer room to look at it) Yeah, it was cool. I just worry about the virus attachments. |
| posted by busygirl0219 on 10/01/2007 01:29 AM
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| If your worried about the virus attachments, educate her to not open any attachments at all at her age she dosen't have a reason to be getting attachments from anything. A little education goes a long ways sometimes. hope this helps |
| posted by Patrick on 10/19/2007 12:25 PM
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