29 January 2011

Do you have any plan for how you'll deal with Imp wanting a facebook/livejournal/etc account when she's old enough?

We're talking about it quite a bit. She already has accounts on some of the kid oriented sites like Webkinz, and if she moves on to wanting a FB or what have you, she understands that we will be closely monitoring it, and why. We don't hold back on showing her all the things Internet predators can do; I'm not sure anything can prepare her for incidents of anon bullying as occurred recently other than showing it to her, and explaining how horrible people can be when they think they're hiding behind an anonymous shield of cowardice. We are also showing her how to cope with those; how an "anon" can give themselves away in a multitude of fashions, a little bit CSI if you will, and how to address just how vile people can be to one another when they think it doesn't matter.

Have at it.

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