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Desdenova


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DH has 3 sisters and one of them has 2 kids a boy about 12 and a girl about 8. A few months ago we noticed that the boy created a FB account with false information about his bd (you know you have to be over 14 to get a FB account).

DH said that it was innapropiate for nephew to have an account so young so he reported the account a couple of times and the account got closed a couple of times, the kid kept opening new accounts so DH just gave up, if the kid's mom didn't care about him having an account so early then he wasn't going to get in the middle of it any more.

Yesterday I noticed that niece had just opened a FB account I was like WTF is wrong with SIL??? Doesn't she know how many predators are out there in the internet? And is not like she monitors the kids use of the internet, I've noticed that the boy has access to some apps that are no age appropiate at all!!!

I feel so annoyed at SIL rigth now, I think she is not taking good care of the kids or their activities online (she doesn't even do that great of a job IRL). And I can tell the kids are not ready to be on the internet they don't have the maturity to handle their online information and also ther are very naive, if some one approaches them with the promise of a puppy or something they desire they are going to be in danger.

I wonder if there's something that DH can tell his sister to keep this kids safe...



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Um, my cousin's children have fb accounts, they each got it when they turned 11. Their mom has it set up with HER email address and monitors it closely. They are only to use it to talk to family members and play games. I know some think it should be black and white and understand their reasoning. I do think you SIL is being kind of careless if she is not monitoring it.

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It does not seem like a good idea for an eight year old to have a facebook account. If she wants to chat with Grandma, she should pick up the phone. If the parents keep an eye on what he's up to, a facebook page for a twelve year old doesn't bother me.

Desdenova, maybe you could have your husband send her a link to an article about sexual preditors targeting very young children

http://digitallife.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/08/02/13091237-facebook-predator-targeted-my-6-year-old-girl-says-dad?lite



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See that makes sense, mom gets to know all the things the kids do on FB. I've seen the boy using apps that say "Answer if you prefer to kiss, have sex or oral sex with this person"

I mean the kid is eleven, I don't think he even knows what oral sex is! And even if he does that's not the kind of thing you should be putting on your FB, that kind of things might drag for years to come and kick you in the ass in the future.

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Evil Stepmother wrote:

It does not seem like a good idea for an eight year old to have a facebook account. If she wants to chat with Grandma, she should pick up the phone. If the parents keep an eye on what he's up to, a facebook page for a twelve year old doesn't bother me.

Desdenova, maybe you could have your husband send her a link to an article about sexual preditors targeting very young children

http://digitallife.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/08/02/13091237-facebook-predator-targeted-my-6-year-old-girl-says-dad?lite

Thank you very much for this link! I'm sending it to DH right now.

That reminded me of some news we heard yesterday about a child porn network, one of the guys involved is a puppeter (sp?) one is a child care specialist!  



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Honestly, IMO it sucks that someone like FB has to put an age limit on it in the first place. Parents are putting too much of THEIR responsibility on a third party. They should be monitoring their internet usage no matter what.

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Desdenova


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Exactly!!!
The internet is a really big unsafe place for kids. And we all know how easy is to lie in those kind of places.
I think it's back to our mentality as a society of: Naaaaah it won't happen to me!

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