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Hi
Very good advice. When my daughters were at that age, there wasn't 'too
much' harm that they could come to. Trying to restrict their access to the
Internet may put them off guard as well.
However, there are some message boards/forums out there that may seem
harmless by the subject - movie, actor, band, group, TV program etc. Some
of these are 'adult orientated' when accessed. Some 15/16 year olds are
accessing these sites without their parents knowledge. That is when, I
think, the parents do have a right to intervene. I'm not talking about
chatrooms - there are something different.
I'm trying to stop my 2 grandsons (3 & 7) trying to access the nasties. Got
the 7 year old to rights, but the 3 year old is another matter!!
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Will Denny
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"usasma" <usasma@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I've been through this with my kids. After much soul-searching we decided
> that we didn't have the right to snoop in on their private conversations.
> Plus, if they ever found out, they'd never trust us again. I'd recommend
> staying out of their account - if it worries you so much, then restrict
> their
> access to it. An observant parent can see just as much by watching their
> behavior as you can by snooping in their stuff. Also, consider
> this...what
> they say online may just be hot air for their friends, and may not have a
> grain of truth to it - do you want to act on that?
>
> Good luck, I'm suffering with a 17 and 15 year old
>
> "rafo" wrote:
>
>> Is there a way that I can get my 16 year olds password to messenger and
>> find
>> out who she has been talking to?