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[quote=Anonymous]My 8 year old daughter has apparently been texting regularly with my MIL via her ipad (gift from the MIL).  The ipad doesn't have a data plan, and my DD does not have an email account -- I had not realized that one could even text from a device without a data plan. (I have no idea what "number" or account the MIL is using to text to.)  Anyway, I've read through all the texts and they are pretty innocuous -- my daughter is very sweet and the only thing that's a little weird is the amount of personal info the MIL is sharing with an 8 year old.  We have very limited contact with MIL because MIL is sort of crazy -- she's the type of person that seems very nice and generous when you don't know her very well, but once she considers you "part of the family" she is totally manipulative, unreliable, self-centered, critical, histrionic fits when she doesn't get sufficient attention, etc.  DD sees her a couple times a year for brief visits and doesn't know anything about the bad side of her grandmother.  DH does not speak to his mother, other than minimal hello, etc., when we do see her, so he will not tell her to stop texting DD.    I'm a little nervous about this blooming text relationship, but also don't really want to tell my daughter that she can't communicate with her grandmother, or start down-talking her grandmother to her.  Any suggestions for how to manage this, other than checking the text history after DD goes to bed?  Is there a way to just shut off texts entirely? Is that a good or bad idea?  It may be that MIL has actually improved over the last few years, but there's no way to know because her own kids won't really talk to her.[/quote]

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