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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I could probably guess DD's passwords for those two. She is a rising 7th grader. We follow each other on Instagram. I don't care about Snapchat. We discuss internet safety more than she'd like - probably once a month. And I've made noise when I don't like comments people have left on her Instagram pictures - like the guy who just wrote "N*gga" on each of her pics. I know she wants to have a lot of followers, but I told her she doesn't need that type of follower - she can find yet one more nice tween girl who also likes Arianna Grande and Miranda Sings to follow her instead.

I've posted this before, but one thing I do to read DD's texts, is to tell her "Go wash the dishes, I'll keep you company!" and then when she gets a text, I play secretary. "Ella wants to know if you're going to be home Saturday, and then sent a picture of poop. What emoji do you want me to send back?" DD knows damn well I'm looking through her texts when we're doing this, and lets it go, because she knows damn well I could say "Oh, you don't want me to see your texts?? Then you don't need to text anyone." [/quote]

But she can delete any text once it comes in.  Same with Snapchat.  Gone immediately.  And as a rising 7th grader, is she even 13 yet.  Because before that you are not allowed to have an Instagram.  [/quote]

I view that 13 age thing as a guideline, rather than a law. *I* am her parent and *I* say she can have an Instagram account. I understand that Instagram thinks it shouldn't be for kids under 13, and decided my particular kid can handle it. I know my kid well, and she's not sending pics of her nonexistent boobs to boys on either account. The only text stream she deletes is from one particular girl who curses like a drunk sailor. Really, I'm on it. [/quote]

It is not a guideline and you suck as a parent.  I guess you are teaching your kids that rules don't apply to your family.  [/quote]

It's not a law. Not all rules DO apply to everyone. The rules say no eating or drinking on the bus. DD has eaten breakfast on the bus for seven years now. Their point isn't that nobody should eat on the bus, but that they don't want food left on the bus or garbage. So she eats, but doesn't make a mess, and throws out her trash in public trash cans. I'm totally fine with DD breaking that rule. I don't really care how good or bad a parent you think I am. [/quote]

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