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A Warning for Parents: Kids with Phones.

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FANCY PANTS 1
Dorothy Parker 1
Defcon1 1
KingOfSomewhereHot 1
GeorgiaPeach 1
MissPris 1
SmithFamilyLife 1
Franklin 1

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SmithFamilyLife --- 11 years ago -

A family member discovered her teen daughter sexting and receiving/sending revealing pictures using the social networks on kik, snapchat, on.com and videos on vine. What was more disturbing, the teen portrayed herself to be older than she was and had been attracting older men.

In the past when the Parents did random checks on their teen's iPhone the iMessages were always deleted. That sent a red flag and the parents dug deeper.

Unbeknown to the teen the family's iPones had been set-up to backing up on icloud. Needless to say all was reveled....and within the apps (kik, snapchat, ect) history showed messages of sexting with many on the friends list were student she attends school with. The teen does attend a school within our district; and to protect their privacy I won't reveal which school.

A few of the warning signs the parents noticed that gave them the hunch something was up. If you notice:

*When kids take flirty and provocative pictures in seditious positions and manner.

*When kids lock their phone and "YOU" don't know their code.
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*When kids (girls) get, "Dolled-up" late at night with no-where to go.

*When kids spend alot of time LOCKED behind doors and can't seem to put their phones down - ESPECIALLY at night.

*When your kid's (boys) Instagram friends list mainly are women posing in their bikini bent over and other sexual positions.

**PARENTS: I challenge you to look up these social networks and start doing RANDOM checks on your kids phones.

*Check who they "follow".

*Who are on their "friends" list.

*If there are people on their "friends list" that are not "truly" friends; Then why follow them?

*If random people 'following' your kids that YOU don't know; Then why are they "following" your kids?

I myself check my kids phone and sadly discovered evidence of inappropriate behavior. It happened to me, my family and friends of mine - it's probably happening to you.

****To the parents whom may oppose checking-up on their kids because the claim of "spying" or "invading" their privacy....This is for YOU:

*It's a Luxury to have a phone not a necessity,
*It's a privilege to have the Internet,
*Trust is earned,
*As long as my son/daughter lives under my roof; They will follow our rules,
*Lastly, as long as I'm buying and paying the bills - (ie: phones, internet, Ipads, kindles, ect) IT belongs to me.  

KingOfSomewhereHot --- 11 years ago -

You'll need to define "innapropriate behavior" ... 

Franklin --- 11 years ago -

No offense, but some of the warning signs you list seem very obvious. 

MissPris --- 11 years ago -

Girls have been getting dolled up with nowhere to go for a very long time, long before the advent of smartphones. 

GeorgiaPeach --- 11 years ago -

Glad you're not my mother. 

FANCY PANTS --- 11 years ago -

*It's a Luxury to have a phone not a necessity,*It's a privilege to have the Internet,*Trust is earned,*As long as my son/daughter lives under my roof; They will follow our rules,*Lastly, as long as I'm buying and paying the bills - (ie: phones, internet, Ipads, kindles, ect) IT belongs to me.

I agree with you! We have to protect our kids because if we don't watch what they are doing someone else will and they will take advantage of that. 

Dorothy Parker --- 11 years ago -

****To the parents whom may oppose checking-up on their kids because the claim of "spying" or "invading" their privacy....This is for YOU


If your kid gives you a reason to distrust them, definitely be up in their business.

If they aren't giving you a reason, they will begin to distrust you and will start giving you reasons to distrust them.


I don't believe in the "guilty until proven innocent" approach to parenting. 

Defcon1 --- 11 years ago -

I don't believe in the "guilty until proven innocent" approach to parenting.


Agreed. It doesn't do any good. 

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