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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't monitor like that, but I personally would think that was perfectly normal and I'd expect there to be plenty of numbers on[b] my tween [/b]or teen's phone that I wouldn't recognize.

She's got a large group of friends and people change numbers often. She's in numerous activities and meets new acquaintances and friends from other schools in the area with whom I would hope she'd exchange contact info if she wanted to keep in touch but whom I certainly wouldn't know.

I don't know the random person in her class she's assigned to work in a one-time group project with and needs to contact about that, so I wouldn't recognize their number either.

Not to mention occasional contacts she needs for work.

I don't recognize all the numbers in my own phone address book - that's why they're in there and not just in my head - let alone my child's. Nor, frankly, do I see a need to.

Unless the text you saw gave you reason to be concerned, or your child is very young, I wouldn't worry about this at all and I would do... nothing. [/quote]

Really?  How old is your tween?[/quote]

Not pp but dd is 12 and has a similar set up. I spot check her texts to make sure they're appropriate (she knows we do this, as well as browser history on ipad and laptop), and I don't know all of her contacts. By the time they're in middle school, it's assumed that our kids are going to know people we don't know, and possibly have reasons to text them. [/quote]

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