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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those of you who don’t find this creepy/threatening, how old is your oldest child?

My theory is that those of you who don’t see the creepy/threat factor have kids who are middle school aged and younger and don’t have older teens. [/quote]

My daughter is in college. While thankfully she didn’t get caught up in this stuff much in HS, I heard about it and knew girls who were. I don’t personally find the letter threatening. I basically agree with OP’s take.[/quote]

Your daughter didn’t get caught up with this stuff, but I’m assuming your reply means that you heard about other parents receiving emails from anonymous people like OP’s situation. What happened in those cases? Did they ever find out who sent the emails or letters?[/quote]

I never heard of an email like this but I heard enough about some of the cruel behavior between girls to have not been surprised if such an email were sent as a result. Some of the behavior is vicious and these girls are young. Ideally they have supportive parents who can help them through it, but some kids don’t. I could see a kid who had been ostracized and felt alone sending a letter like this. I’m thinking specifically if something that happened in one of DD’s sports that was really awful— a sophomore made a varsity squad and got a very harsh reception from several seniors that was pretty awful when it came out.

Some kids don’t have allies or advocates when they need them. I could see a kid like that taking matters in her own hands. I actually think there is something admirable about trying to take action— it shows a will to stand up for herself, even if this isn’t the most effective way to do it. Just my two cents.[/quote]

Thanks for your reply. I agree, there is reprehensible behavior out there. But I was asking specifically if you have had experience of people receiving anonymous emails/notes/texts. I find that people are jumping to conclusions about what has happened. The only thing we know to be true is that OP received an anonymous note from someone who giving her daughter a warning or reprimand or both. That is very unusual behavior and I haven’t heard anyone here who has experienced the same.[/quote]

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