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[quote=Anonymous]I guess I'm naive (and I know I'm smartphone-less), but I didn't realize so many 5th graders have smartphones. Today DD had a brand-new friend over (along with a more familiar friend) and apparently they were filming a "music video" downstairs with the new friend's smartphone. I had no clue until the new friend suddenly "had" to go home and I heard the other girls asking Smartphone Girl to delete the video. She said she did, but from everything DD told me later, I have my suspicions.

After everyone left I asked my DD what was going on. She says they were just acting silly miming to songs, the friend filmed it, and she realized how stupid it looked and didn't want the friend to pass the video along. She assures me it had nothing to do with clothing; everyone was fully dressed. She seemed to think it was a big joke. And she apparently wasn't thinking about the fact that videos can be uploaded for the whole world to see.

I'm not too concerned about the content of the video. If the new friend passes it along, DD may get teased because it looks dumb.

I am very, very concerned that DD is so clueless about being filmed. (And, to be honest, I'm beyond furious that some idiot gave his daughter an iPhone and I'm having to worry about cyberbullying two years before middle school.)

What even [u]are [/u]the guidelines you tell tweens about this sort of stuff? I basically said that anytime anyone has a camera around, she should act as though her dad and I--or, even better, the principal--had just walked into the room and was watching every move. I know I scared her a little, which is fine, since as I said, I had no idea there was such a gap between her and some of her peers.

And what I am supposed to do? Confiscate phones at the door? Follow the girls around like I did when they were two so they don't get into trouble?[/quote]

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