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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm curious what you parents of older teens think will tip you off to safety concerns. Do you think your child will have noticeable behavior changes? Do you think s/he will come to you if something is going on? Do you have parental controls on? Have you talked extensively about predators online? Do your children know that everything they do on that phone can and will be saved in perpetuity and possibly harm them in college or their professional life?[/quote]

Yes absolutely about the behavior changes! You should always be on the lookout for those and they will tip you off. You should also maintain a line of communication as much as you can; your kids need to feel comfortable coming to you with problems. And I think part of that is showing them that you trust them enough to give them some privacy. I don’t judge parents who look at the phones of older teens but I won’t do that for mine. Yes they will mess up but I cannot and should not try to control that.

And of course we have talked about online predators, and I have told my kids to assume that everything they send will be screen-shotted and passed around. I check my 12yo’s messages and have pointed out to her instances in which somebody is probably fishing for gossip to cause drama and that she needs to deal with it differently. [/quote]

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