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[quote=Anonymous][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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As a parent I get the concern.  But gamers don’t actually care about the age of the person playing.  It’s more about the skill level, competition, and where applicable finding and training with others for teams.

With regards to the conversation, I think you merely explain that you support DD’s interest in gaming/streaming and understand both the desire and need to connect with others who share the same interest and play similar games.  However, given potential problems in cyber society you would prefer she keep the online friends to persons in her age range.  And additionally reiterate cyber safety practices.[/quote]

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