Is it wrong to monitor your kids social media accounts/text?

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Problem is..I'm sure there's quite a few parents on here. Get off this site ams Parent your fucking children!!!
wow u break easily
You call that breaking..
Camt handle real life, can you...
well u lost all logic in 2 posts. what else do you call it?

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I call it an opinion, that probaby holds trup for some on here. And you bring in gifs now, lol. You're such a geek.
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Problem is..I'm sure there's quite a few parents on here. Get off this site ams Parent your fucking children!!!
wow u break easily
You call that breaking..
Camt handle real life, can you...
well u lost all logic in 2 posts. what else do you call it?

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BWAHAHAHAHAH this is my first time seeing this so thank you!! LMAO hide ya kids! hide ya wife!
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Kids are fucking stupid these days. Sometimes I want to beat their parents with paperweight because they encourage bullshit behavior and then hit them once for being idiots.
Not where I live......amazingly clever kids here
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Oh give it time, they'll be infected next and I may have to hit them with a paperweight. Though that'd be a waste of time and energy, and a paperweight.
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I wouldnt monitor. Even kids want something to themselves. Especially if we're talking teens here. I had internet and phone access when I turned 13. Most kids had such access around that age. Now a days, I imagine that age is even younger due to the advancements and availability of technology. My job as a parent would be to guide them, not keep tabs on every aspect of their lives. They can learn things on their own.
And if you disagree, okay. This is my opinion
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Kids are fucking stupid these days. Sometimes I want to beat their parents with paperweight because they encourage bullshit behavior and then hit them once for being idiots.
Not where I live......amazingly clever kids here

Oh give it time, they'll be infected next and I may have to hit them with a paperweight. Though that'd be a waste of time and energy, and a paperweight.
Do you want them to be??

Most of our kid's peers are already thinking of further education, they seem to have huge drive and ambition
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Nope but I'm afraid it's gonna be like that. And I will be running low on paperweights to beat someone with.
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It's wrong to let them on social media or a mobile phone in the first place.
By kids I really mean teens. My bad.
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If you had taught your children to have standards, and taught them about the dangers and possibilities ... then this wouldn't be an issue.

it reminds me of those parents back in my day who refused to discuss sex with their children, and instead, did everything they could to shield them from any knowledge that sex exists ... and I was like wtf?

So, you're going to ignore it, rather than teach them?

How ridiculous. So, you people think that you should make them go out and play like you did when you were kids, even though the times are different ... it's not fucking 30 years ago.

Seriously, now fucked up people look to me.

Teach your children, inform them, encourage them to have values ... and let them live.

So what the fuck is wrong with a kid seeing a naked person?


You parents who are shielding your kids, rather than teaching them to be responsible adults are the problem with society today ... because you refuse to let them make choices. If you've taught them to make right choices .. then how in the hell do you expect them to be responsible adult?


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Most of you probably shouldn't procreate.
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It depends on the child I guess, I was messaging men in man chat rooms from a young age, I was naive back then but with social media culture on the rise I predict the youth will have a strong hold over the net with the new generation of programmers......I think the older generation will have more to fear from the younger in terms of being played and manipulated on the net....I could be wrong but it seems the older gen are always getting catfished and the younger are dealing with cyber bullying and image problems
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Kids are fucking stupid these days. Sometimes I want to beat their parents with paperweight because they encourage bullshit behavior and then hit them once for being idiots.
Not where I live......amazingly clever kids here

Oh give it time, they'll be infected next and I may have to hit them with a paperweight. Though that'd be a waste of time and energy, and a paperweight.
Do you want them to be??

Most of our kid's peers are already thinking of further education, they seem to have huge drive and ambition

Nope but I'm afraid it's gonna be like that. And I will be running low on paperweights to beat someone with.
maybe more so in the USA?
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Shame if English kids do it too. And there's a shortage of paperweights to beat people up with. I may have to use a toaster.
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Yes. If I had kids I'd monitor and block them from as much as possible. Don't think I don't know. Me and a friend use to go to the cable station back when wifi first became a thing and would save pictures from porn sites to our Sony PSP's. It's even easier today ffs. All you need is a modern cell phone and a location that gets at least 2g. They make parental controls for everything just for thst reason, but it doesn't stop their friends from doing it.

I guess it really is hopeless trying to raise kids in today's world. I'd pray for a nerdy kid with great grades and little interest in sex.
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Ya, if your kid is ugly, you have nothing to worry about.... unless she/he is so unfortunate, they're willing to do anything for attention from the opposite sex. Another reason, are parents who use and on social media so much to even give a damn to notice what their kids are up to. Sometimes its easier to say..oh, i trust him/her, when you're the reason why your kids are fucked up. Parent your children!
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Ya, if your kid is ugly, you have nothing to worry about.... unless she/he is so unfortunate, they're willing to do anything for attention from the opposite sex. Another reason, are parents who use and on social media so much to even give a damn to notice what their kids are up to. Sometimes its easier to say..oh, i trust him/her, when you're the reason why your kids are fucked up. Parent your children!
That's not true and not what I meant at all. I'd monitor it like a manager. Keeping them in the spotlight.
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I wasn't talking about you specifically.
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I had a friend who has a daughter and her friend, then two older guys disguised as youths convinced them to meet near Mexico.



That has nothing to do with social media.

it has everything to do wth your friend not teaching her child properly.
OK whatever you say but the two men found the girls on Facebook and I do believe Facebook and social media?
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Where these boys found the girls is irrelevant.

What is relevant is that the girls were NOT taught not to go with strangers.


Beside that fact .... in your example, you make the suggestion that because they were men, rather than boys is the determining factor.

It doesn't matter the age of the boy having nefarious intent with convincing the girls. Their disguise doesnt' mean squat.



These girls went off to meet with strangers to the border of a country, and the reason why they did that was because they were NOT taught about safety and precautions. The reason those girls did that had absolutely nothing to do with where the boys were met, or what costumes they were wearing.



If you don't get that, then let's hope you don't procreate. and if you did, let's hope there is an adult present to guide them.
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Kids are fucking stupid these days. Sometimes I want to beat their parents with paperweight because they encourage bullshit behavior and then hit them once for being idiots.
Not where I live......amazingly clever kids here

Oh give it time, they'll be infected next and I may have to hit them with a paperweight. Though that'd be a waste of time and energy, and a paperweight.
Do you want them to be??

Most of our kid's peers are already thinking of further education, they seem to have huge drive and ambition

Nope but I'm afraid it's gonna be like that. And I will be running low on paperweights to beat someone with.
maybe more so in the USA?

Shame if English kids do it too. And there's a shortage of paperweights to beat people up with. I may have to use a toaster.
Don't know

Not living in England
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Well Ireland then. Shame if Irish kids do it too.
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It's wrong to let them on social media or a mobile phone in the first place.
By kids I really mean teens. My bad.
If you had taught your children to have standards, and taught them about the dangers and possibilities ... then this wouldn't be an issue.

it reminds me of those parents back in my day who refused to discuss sex with their children, and instead, did everything they could to shield them from any knowledge that sex exists ... and I was like wtf?

So, you're going to ignore it, rather than teach them?

How ridiculous. So, you people think that you should make them go out and play like you did when you were kids, even though the times are different ... it's not fucking 30 years ago.

Seriously, now fucked up people look to me.

Teach your children, inform them, encourage them to have values ... and let them live.

So what the fuck is wrong with a kid seeing a naked person?


You parents who are shielding your kids, rather than teaching them to be responsible adults are the problem with society today ... because you refuse to let them make choices. If you've taught them to make right choices .. then how in the hell do you expect them to be responsible adult?


::::: shakes head :::::


Most of you probably shouldn't procreate.
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Actually, I hold the same views soooo....
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When I say, "you" in nearly all of my posts ....... I am referring to people as a whole.


You're suppose to teach your kids how to be adults ...... not run around behind them picking up the pieces and merely reacting.


to have to block a child, or teenager from doing wht you consider is wrong, or what you believe could hurt them ..... means you never provided them with the information so that they can make the right judgment calls on their own.

that's not helping them, that's hurting them. If you go running to their social media and cells to monitor/control what they are doing, then it means you have failed them as a parent, because it means they don't know that it's wrong to do.

if they don't know that it's wrong ..... then you failed at your job of being a parent.


Success can only be gained with the realization of failure. If you don't give them the opportunity to make the right call, then you set them up for failure.


I'm glad you hold the same views. And your children will be glad, too, later when they're grown.