Anonymous wrote:I'd want to give the parents a heads up. The thing that's hard is if they already know and have decided not to act, you don't want it to be phrased judgmentally. So I'd probably approach by starting conversation with them about instagram. "Ugh, I hate that my daughter is on instagram now. It's so hard to figure out what limits to set about social media, especially as they're almost adults. What's your approach been?"
That way, you'll be able to get a way better sense of whether they know or would care based on their response. If they say "yeah, at this point we've decided she can use her own judgement on stuff like that, we're staying out of it" then you keep quiet. If they say "Oh, we monitor her instagram very closely, it is a pain" then you can say, "I noticed she had a second account - are you following that one as well?" or something that clues them in without being pushy.
Anonymous wrote:I'd want to give the parents a heads up. The thing that's hard is if they already know and have decided not to act, you don't want it to be phrased judgmentally. So I'd probably approach by starting conversation with them about instagram. "Ugh, I hate that my daughter is on instagram now. It's so hard to figure out what limits to set about social media, especially as they're almost adults. What's your approach been?"
That way, you'll be able to get a way better sense of whether they know or would care based on their response. If they say "yeah, at this point we've decided she can use her own judgement on stuff like that, we're staying out of it" then you keep quiet. If they say "Oh, we monitor her instagram very closely, it is a pain" then you can say, "I noticed she had a second account - are you following that one as well?" or something that clues them in without being pushy.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I would stay out of it, as she is 17. If she was younger I would tell the parents.
I did figure out my niece had a secret insta, but hers was private and I did not narc her out to her parents.
What age is too young? It honestly makes me sad. A sweet young girl using her bustiness to get attention.
Anonymous wrote:My wife’s younger cousin had an IG like that - she was 18 and it was an act of college rebellion after being raised by a very uptight mother and father. I enjoyed it a lot and my wife was scandalized and when chatting with her aunt, the aunt started complaining about her daughters rebellion, and my wife said something like “yeesh I can only imagine, her instagram must drive you insane…” assuming her aunt had seen it.
She hadn’t. It got locked down very fast and the cousin hasn’t spoken to my wife for 10 years. There’s a significant age gap so they were never close but she apparently hasn’t gotten over it.
I don’t see what the big deal was - she didn’t show anything worse than every other woman her age, it was a public account, etc but it didn’t end well. Keep it to yourself.
Anonymous wrote:I would stay out of it, as she is 17. If she was younger I would tell the parents.
I did figure out my niece had a secret insta, but hers was private and I did not narc her out to her parents.
Anonymous wrote:I can tell you don't get out much. A LOT of older teens do this, and their parents know (and sometimes encourage). There are entire families out there who are addicted to, and proud of, the attention their daughters receive online, even though they know very well who's watching.
Anonymous wrote:I don’t know if this is a lot but it has over 2,000 followers. Her regular locked profile we are linked to is about 400 followers and following.