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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In reply to "Maybe, a parent is not enabling a person to be a successful adult if that person does not experience privacy until legal adulthood."

I used to think that way. My son is almost 14. He started texting at 12. Here are some of the delights I've seen (not all from him):

"The vape shop near the school will sell to us"
"Can I touch your boobs?" (The girl that received this gave hell back - good for her!)
"Wat up, [n-word]?" 
"She's a slut"
"I hope [Kid Y]'s neighbor doesn't tell his mom we were out on the fire escape"

Plus rampant homework sharing that is straight up cheating not collaboration. And curiosity about drugs.

One kid now understands to take it all to Snap.

Almost all of these kids are in fact nice, have involved parents,  and are going to do fine in life, but I thank the gods every day that I have a way to know this is going on. Each thing has sparked a conversation. So why should I stop? I tell myself that once we go 6 months of consistent good judgment, I can stop, but we most certainly aren't there yet! Here's hoping that high school brings sense, but that is utterly counterintuitive.

Am I seriously the only one? 
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Totally agree with you PP.

I have a 14 YO DS and one of the things that I'm seeing is unbelievably filthy language being used by "nice kid" friends in their texts. When my DS slides into that, he has his phone taken away for 24 hours.

I agree with the poster who said that DS's phone is the equivalent of my work phone. My employer would not approve of me using language like that in person or in texts and I don't approve of DS doing it either. [/quote]

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