Originally Posted by Pestilence (Post 9024010)

I'm going to be coming to you later for tips. I've got 3 daughters and I'm scared shitless of when they grow up.

Originally Posted by KC_Lee (Post 9024042)

This over and over. Never allow a computer with internet access in your children's room. Put it in the living room and only allow then to surf when the family is in the room.

Originally Posted by Bo's Pelini (Post 9024200)

This story doesn't make much sense. So a 32 year old guy sent nude pics to her classmates and teachers but was never arrested? I thought she was picked on because she banged some popular chicks bf? Regardless rip to that little girl so sad.

I remember when I was in 4th grade my friend and I were being picked on outside by some middle schoolers. Grandpa came out holding a shotgun and that was that.

Originally Posted by stevenidol (Post 9024109)

Nobody runs anonymous.

Originally Posted by L.A. Chieffan (Post 9024075)

Speak N Spell is running Anon?

Originally Posted by Zeke (Post 9024259)

I had an incedent in 5th grade, where a 6th grader (that had even been held back a year) was following me and my friend home from school trying to fight us... We ended up running all the way to my buddies house where his brother (who was a Junior in High School at the time) was in the front yard... Kid even tried to be tough to the brother and fight him... what a knucklehead. That was the end of that.

Originally Posted by NewChief (Post 9024257)

At what point are you all going to allow your kids to have phones with data plans? Ipads? I need to get my iPad on lockdown, as my kids use it quite often. It's scary how quickly they can go from inadvertently from watching a kidz bop video to something completely inappropriate without even meaning to.

My kids are just exploring, pointing and clicking at this point, while I'm supervising at least to some degree, because they're too young to really do anything intentionally wrong. That being said, I want to make the iPad safe for them to use.

Originally Posted by TheGuardian (Post 9024117)

That's generally because a lot of parents don't educate their kids properly about the world. If you don't use your own controlled environment to teach your kids about what a meat grinder the world can be, someone else will, or they will have to learn in a way like this girl learned.

As I said, it's our job to be our kids safe keepers. That also means educating them about these things and not sugar coating it. We watched Traffic with my 14 year old a few months ago. That movie really hit home with her. As someone who grew up dealing with a sibling that was an addict, I never ever want to see my kids travel down that path. So I will do whatever it takes to let them see how ugly it can get, before they are actually IN that ugly.

Originally Posted by J Diddy (Post 9024321)

This x a billion.

Too many people in this world wanting to be their child's best friend. If you want to be your child's best friend then you have to do what it takes when they are young so that can grow into the kind of adult you would associate with.


Another misconception is that you can protect them and control their environment totally. That's not how it's done. You protect them by arming them with the knowledge to make a rational choice. Just like teaching a child how to drive, you don't just throw them the keys and say good luck.

Originally Posted by Bo's Pelini (Post 9024304)

Yup the best way to handle a bully is to hit them in the face. I just don't understand this story at all. Nobody stepped in to report this 32 year old man? That little girl was pretty i'm very surprised nobody had her back.

Originally Posted by J Diddy (Post 9024326)

The most bothersome thing about this that I've seen is the lack of action by the parents short of running away.