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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I had a friend whose appointment to a very prestigious public position was almost derailed by an innocuous posting she made about a vacation trip, which was manipulated into something bad by someone else. [b]I used that to explain why having a low social media presence is good, years before she even cared about such things.[/b] Do talk and monitor, a lot, is my advice.[/quote]

I agree with this approach.  I'm in crisis communications professionally and I've been talking like this to my son since he was 9 or 10.

Use real life examples.   It's legitimately hard for undeveloped brains, who live in the here-and-now, to appreciate "forever."  Showing them concrete examples of embarrassing pics of *peers* might help make the point.  Or like a PP said, find a really unflattering photo of the kid's toddlerhood on your phone and ask if they'd want the whole school to see that?

I know we're talking about girls here but the point is important for both — teen boys get in trouble for receiving sexts and for sending pix of their junk.  And for whatever reason, an alarming subsection of tween/teen boys enjoys sharing "jokes" about the holocaust, hitler, swastikas, lynching, rape and other 110% unfunny topics.  This has happened repeatedly at my son's 2 private schools.   [/quote]

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