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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I should say I am shocked how many won’t and go immediately to worse case scenario

And we wonder why kids have so much anxiety, no street smarts, little to no common sense, and just can not handle transitioning to adulthood.

Parents never let them. The generation of be home when the street lights are on, out all day without any phones or ways to contact anyone - somehow kids 1 year away from college can’t do anything without fear mongering moms crying no way! The irony is astounding. And if you say the world was safer then you are in fact wrong and there are plenty of citations to show that.

The OP has seen these kids online on zoom/FaceTime. She can contact a few parents. Said they have a niche group which the OP’s kid can trust would know at the age of 16 or 17 if she is being catfished the last year. I mean come on.

You have to let these kids transition to adults WHILE STILL AT HOME to help them feel confident, smart, and safe, before they leave the nest at 17/18. [/quote]

I spent a scary night during the pandemic trying to find my DC's friend who had been lured to run away from home by adults posing as teenagers on Discord. MoCo cops who were there told me this was the third Bethesda teenager in 2 weeks' time who they had to track down after some internet scam. PP who's worried about whether we're letting our kids be independent enough, you don't get it. Kids today have infinitely more freedom than kids of my generation - they are engaging with and are exposed to literally thousands of strangers through social media and the internet. Parents should not absolve themselves of common sense to prove they are not helicopter parents.[/quote]

OP’s story is nothing like this. It’s like you moms can’t separate anything from a sec trafficker. [/quote]

How is this different? My DC's friend thought their contacts on Discord were teenage friends. What should give the OP confidence that her DC's online "friends" are actually teenagers?[/quote]

Because OP has seen and heard the kids through video chat?[/quote]

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