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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 5th grader and there's been lots of negative drama with kids in group chats recently.  My kid hasn't been involved because she doesn't have a way to access group chats.  I intend to keep in that way as long as possible.  I'm actually really surprised that parents are letting it continue and aren't taking away the screens.  Its not all the kids (less than half, I'd guess), but enough to cause drama.[/quote]

I have a 7th grade boy and a 4th grade girl. My 7th grader has been in the group chats since 5th grade but he is low drama and mature and mostly reads, doesn't reply much. But we've seen first hand the issues it has caused. There has been bullying, racist jokes, teasing, etc and the school has had to get involved a few times so we use those as cautionary tales. My 4th grader is less mature, even for her age, and would without a doubt get caught up in the drama. And in talking to other parents, they are totally clueless. One in particular says the chat is so great,[b] the kids police each other and call out meanness[/b] and she has no problems with it. Meanwhile her daughter is incredibly mean at school, bullies other girls, and is basically a tyrant. The mother is in total denial. If there is a problem on the chat, and there probably is, her daughter would be in the center of it. So, no text for now for mine. It will be nothing but a headache.[/quote]

Reading between the lines it sounds like some kids act like the thought police and shout down "wrong" opinions on the chat. Ugh.[/quote]

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