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[quote=Anonymous]At 12, why would he know the consequences of relatively minor things to him? He does not understand the internet at 12 which is normal.

I teach middle school and kids get in way more trouble than this. All kids at the behest of the internet are at peril. Quite apart from these antics, many are exposed to a lot of dangerous  sites, porn, pedophilia,  violence, drugs,and  snuff which can render real mental health consequences and exposure to predators. And  you would not believe the crap they get up to on Google Docs or any shared app system. Your kid is still in the annoying but not dangerous category. **And I am still a proponent of technology  and its use by children for many reasons- but not without guardrails.  We teach digital literacy, but at 8th grade, and not all schools do this,  regardless. It should begin in 2nd grade and added every year with specific objectives.

His use needs to be monitored- his phone,  all his screens. At schools, they need a teacher remote visual interactive control of all computers kids are on ( rarely happens in K-12, although it does in college, go figure),  and no phone use in school.

Meanwhile, information and consequences regarding internet usage need  to be VERY EXPLICITLY  relayed. 
Even one picture sent or received could get a kid in very big legal / criminal trouble, and actually  his or her parents  as well.

Get on it.

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