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jennibubs
jennibubs | August 2007

msn

Hi Just need advise to see if I'm over reacting.

Laura's on msn and one of the boys said the C word and the F word Remember they are 13yr olds. I have banned Laura  and won't let her on at all.

Should I just block this kid and let her talk to her friends or stand firm. She doesn't see this as a big problem the bad language.  

Thanks guy's MWHA Jen



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blackwidowkate
5.00 (Excellent) | August 2007 | blackwidowkate
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Hi
Welcome to the world of teenage parenting
We have just told our teenagers that if their friends wish to type bad language then it is up to them but if i see them typing the same then they lose the computer priveledges

If this is the worse your daughter gets then you are one very lucky parent
As for the emoticons they have them attached to shortcuts on their keyboard
There is a function in the preferences where you can actually turn it off.
We turned it off because my sister in law is a emoticon nut case and it got to where we could not even read the conversation

If you block one then you will end up having to virtually block every one that your child talks to. 
Do you make sure all your daughters conversations are logged so that if need be you can check them  if not i suggest you do this just for safety sake

At this age if you put too much pressure on her to block people she wants to talk to she will just do it at other peoples houses where you cant monitor or even at school. 

Or worse comes to worse she will do what my daughter did at 13 when i over reacted and run away. 
This is when we found out she was talking to paedophiles right under our noses...it became a  police case
And yes the computer was in the lounge in full view of us and we watched what she was doing
Teenagers are so sneaky and they teach each other how to do things to avoid being detected by their parents. 

I know it is hard but take it from someone who has had the experience already and just explain you don't like it and would prefer they told their friends "PAW"  and hopefully the conversation will have no bad language

Hope this helps
Luv Deb


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      jennibubs
August 2007 | jennibubs
Re: msn

Hi Deb thanks so much she is really a great kid. She knows how cranky I was and I am sure all her friends have told this boy that you do not want to make me cranky.lol

I told him that I would turn up at school with soap to wash his mouth out with so today I took Laura to school and sat the bottle of soap on the dash board. Not that I would but it worked.

They all know that I am really strict but very fair all of them come to me when they are freaking out about stuff so that is good.

I have left it up to her to decide about the swearing I know she doesn't use it on computor at school it is up to her.

Thanks again Deb hope all is well with you MWHA Jen



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gorach
5.00 (Excellent) | August 2007 | gorach
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i have come across this too with my 14 year old and at first i did the same thing, made her get off it and actually banned her for a good 2 months, since letting her back on ive seen some bad language and suggestive name titles and made her tell the other person its not appropriate and that she will be barred if they keep it up, some it works with others dont care.

at the end of the day i guess you have to remember that they probably talk like that all day at school and words may be offensive but as long as they are being respectful to you and other adults ie not saying them in front of or at you, theres not much you can do about it.

good luck with this one, its such a sign of the times that as parents we have to try and figure out how to deal with computer bad language!!! this is something our folks didnt have to deal with and i guess by the time they are parents they will have a whole new issue with their kids!



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mrs-connell
5.00 (Excellent) | August 2007 | mrs-connell
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Hi I think you should block this little foul mouth because I agree with Libbys you can't punish your daughter for his dusting langue.

That's sort of langue is terrible at the best of times but coming from a 13 year old is appalling & your daughter doesnt need to be subject to that.

So my advise to you is block that little punk but still let your daughter use the msn to talk to her other friends & hopefully she won't have to endure anymore of that dusting langue.



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      jennibubs
5.00 (Excellent) | August 2007 | jennibubs
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Hi Just to let you all know I blocked him. It took me 4 emails for him to get why I was so upset. Laura has spoken to her friends and they know how cranky I am so they had better not do it again. Glad I have the comp in the lounge room lol Thanks for your help. MWHA Jen 


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LibbyS
5.00 (Excellent) | August 2007 | LibbyS
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Hi, that sounds very concerning. However, I don't think you should punish your daughter for someone else's foul language. Perhaps you could ask her to ask him not to use those words, and if it doesn't stop then block him.

This will also show her that you trust her to do the right thing, and that your concerns are about others. Hope all goes well!



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cazza
5.00 (Excellent) | August 2007 | cazza
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Thats a hard one as he must have picked those words up from somewhere, and maybe what needs to be said is that if he contuies that u will have a chat with his parents....

There must be a code in there somewhere where they can say something and not be rude about it.....

let her stew on it for the night, as she knows its wrong, and have a chat about it tomorrow.....

Thank god caitlyn and sophie dont do this yet, but poor sophie hasnt chatted to caitlyn for a while.....

take care
love cazza


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Libby24
5.00 (Excellent) | August 2007 | Libby24
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it is such a hard one. I have a mate who is 13 almost 14 and he is on msn and the stuff that he was getting sent from a friend even made me blush. I asked him why was this girl sending him pics like this (like the emotioncons) and he said thats what they all do. I have known this kids for the last 3 years and even though yes he does swear he knows not to do it around his mum. he also knows not to use that C word EVER. Remebering back to when I was 13 (12 years ago) i said a lot of bad stuff.

Personally I would not ban her as they more than likely say worse at school, I would ask her to ask this boy to stop swearing as it is my mum's pc and as my mate put PAW (parents are watching)

One thing i would do is find out how to stop the pictures coming through.

Good luck


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      jennibubs
5.00 (Excellent) | August 2007 | jennibubs
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Thanks Hunni I have tried to explain it to this kid but he is not the sharpest tool in the shed. He swore at me which was pretty stupid to say the least but I may let Lollie back on tomorrow. Thanks Jen x


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      jennibubs
5.00 (Excellent) | August 2007 | jennibubs
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Thanks Hunni I have tried to explain it to this kid but he is not the sharpest tool in the shed. He swore at me which was pretty stupid to say the least but I may let Lollie back on tomorrow. Thanks Jen x


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