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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many parents are clueless and/or don't have the guts to monitor their own kids social media accounts.

Hello parents.  You don't need a password.  Just search for your kids name.  You will be shocked.[/quote]
How can you possibly know every one of your child's accounts? You don't think they have secret accounts that you don't know about?[/quote]

This is easy.  My kids don't have phones and never use the computer alone at home.  Period.  We don't own any other devices, either.  My kids will not be allowed to own electronic devices until they are 17, can prove their maturity, and can pay for it entirely themselves.  Even then, as long as they live at home, it will be monitored.  If they want privacy they are free to keep a written journal.  This works in our home, as our lives are fairly low-tech and do not in any way revolve around electronic/internet devices.

What I am shocked by is parents who take the easy way out, or think that their kids "must" have something merely because the kid wants it or just because "all the other kids" have it.  If you think your kid must have a phone with them, get them a phone that does not take photos, does not allow text and does not have internet access.

Most of the parents here on DCUM did not have smartphones as young teenagers; many of us here didn't even have home internet when we were young.  Your kids and your family can survive without it, honest.[/quote]

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