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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, how old is your middle school child?  The minimum age to have an Instagram account is 13.  That doesn't mean that kids aren't doing it anyway.[/quote]

I know a 5th grader on instagram. Clearly the minimum ages have no impact.[/quote]

The 4th graders in our near-Vienna elementary school are on Instagram.[/quote]

That is so sad. Really sad[/quote]

But, it's true.  I did not even know my kids had an Instagram account in 5th grade.  They are so tech saavy.  And, it's not what they post but the posts from others that are alarming.  and, the girls who post those "hoochie" pictures of themselves.  I try to keep tabs on my kids and keep them close but it is impossible to know what they are doing at all times no matter how much we police.  I try to keep them as busy as much as possible.[/quote]

Why do your kids have computer access and iPhones in 4th grade. If they are THAT tech savvy now, when did you introduce them?  No one to blame but yourself. [/quote]

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