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[quote=Anonymous]NP. Crazy timing as I just found out DD (15) has an online friend. They talk to each other as they play Minecraft Bedwars.

I’m ticked because I thought it was a school friend, and she didn’t tell me otherwise. I saw Discord notifications on the family desktop today about playing tonight. I peaked as I didn’t recognize the name.

So after some digging this evening (as I hear them playing), this person seems to be a young adult woman. Her business Twitter account is 2 years old and she has far more followers than people she follows. She is also a Cisco Champion. DD is very interested in gaming/streaming.

Also, DD is lonely, wants more friends, had a lot of challenges, and the family therapist wants me to let her have input where possible.

I am trying to be fair about this. I just don’t see where a young adult with good boundaries wants to play Minecraft with a high school freshman.

Any suggestions for this horrible conversation I’ll need to have? Without making it sound like I don’t believe people would just want to be friends with her?

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