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<blockquote data-quote="Allen" data-source="post: 250476" data-attributes="member: 389">I talked with my kids a few days ago about this.&nbsp; They are 11 and 13, and while they hadn't run across it personally, they have heard of it through friends, etc.&nbsp; While I sure as heck don't need an excuse to talk to my kids about not being stupid, this was another good opportunity for me to become comfortable with their ability to handle this extremely dumb shit on the internet.Remember, there were two young (sub teen??) girls that stabbed a friend to death a couple years ago because they wanted to please the Slenderman (some internet mythological figure).&nbsp; Don't let your kids be dumb and they'll be fine.Nonetheless, the ex put some lockdown on the kids' internet experience.&nbsp; I'm torn by that and wouldn't have gone there if it were my decision alone, first and foremost...I need to trust my kids to make good decisions in my absence because I can't always be there looking over their shoulder.&nbsp; And lastly, life is to be experienced.&nbsp; If you protect them from everything, you will have to protect them forever.&nbsp; Actually, that's pretty much the same as the first reason...must be how important I think it is.Now if my kids start believing dumb shit on the interweb, like there's been a new State record bluegill, then I'll clamp down on their access a little more.And if I find my kids spreading that BS?&nbsp; I'll make them smash their own frigging phone!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Allen, post: 250476, member: 389"] I talked with my kids a few days ago about this. They are 11 and 13, and while they hadn't run across it personally, they have heard of it through friends, etc. While I sure as heck don't need an excuse to talk to my kids about not being stupid, this was another good opportunity for me to become comfortable with their ability to handle this extremely dumb shit on the internet. Remember, there were two young (sub teen??) girls that stabbed a friend to death a couple years ago because they wanted to please the Slenderman (some internet mythological figure). Don't let your kids be dumb and they'll be fine. Nonetheless, the ex put some lockdown on the kids' internet experience. I'm torn by that and wouldn't have gone there if it were my decision alone, first and foremost...I need to trust my kids to make good decisions in my absence because I can't always be there looking over their shoulder. And lastly, life is to be experienced. If you protect them from everything, you will have to protect them forever. Actually, that's pretty much the same as the first reason...must be how important I think it is. Now if my kids start believing dumb shit on the interweb, like there's been a new State record bluegill, then I'll clamp down on their access a little more. And if I find my kids spreading that BS? I'll make them smash their own frigging phone! [/QUOTE]

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