 I am a father of two wonderful daughters. I just recently found out that my oldest has a myspace account and she is only 12, and too top it off her mother ( my ex-wife) set it up for her. I must admit that I am worried about the fact that she has an account, even though it is set on private. Am I being too paranoid? and how do I confront this issue with her mother? anyone who can help me I would greatly appreciate it.
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Nancy Joseph
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Aug 8, 2007 2:00 PM
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Please see the hints/warnings I posted the other day about friends and myspace invitations. author = Nancy Joseph.
There are lots of phony men out there with multiple accounts and pictures trying to lure people in. Since I'm older and wiser and make my living comparing information from multiple sources, I was able to easily detect similarities between the stories of different profiles to determine they were the same predatory man. Having a public myspace account and responding to invitations can be dangerous!
Trust your gut if anything seem "funny". It really ISN'T funny!
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SunshineSara
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Aug 2, 2007 2:12 PM
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Could you contact the MySpace administration of the website and give the exact website address that she is using? I do not have a MySpace, nor do I want one. There are some awful things that I have seen on there from the people that I used to know.
You should be thinking of your daughter first in this matter.
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grizzly8122
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Apr 23, 2007 2:30 PM
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Thank you both for your insite on this matter. I had already talked to my daughter about why their is an age requirement, this weekend. Her account is set to private , but I told her to be very careful on who she adds as her friends. Thank you again
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Simon
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Apr 23, 2007 12:54 AM
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Anne agree with you totally, and grizzly educate her re this create your own my space account so you can see her's to keep a eye on it,
Educate her its not her fault her mother has created this, and its probably no fault of her mothers too, ( did he mum know of a age restriction).. probably not, tell her mum of your concerns. but dont go mad at her...
Simon
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Anne
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Apr 22, 2007 10:15 PM
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Well, that's an underage account, which violates MySpace's Terms of Service (the site's minimum age is 14). Confrontation usually isn't very effective, but you could start, maybe, by talking with your daughter about how minimum ages are usually established to protect people younger than the minimum and that MySpace deletes thousands of underage profiles a week and hers could be deleted at any point. Your ex-wife might appreciate knowing all this too - you could email her the URL for the site's Terms. If you requested deletion of MySpace (via ParentCare@MySpace.com or UnderAgeReport@MySpace.com), they'd probably delete promptly, but you probably know your daughter could start up a new one anytime (though she'd probably be pretty annoyed that she was "forced" to do so) - at MySpace or any of dozens of other social-networking sites. Most likely, though - if her friends are all on MySpace - that's where she'd most likely want to set up a new account. Hope that helps a little,
Anne
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grizzly8122
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Apr 22, 2007 7:33 PM
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I am a father of two wonderful daughters. I just recently found out that my oldest has a myspace account and she is only 12, and too top it off her mother ( my ex-wife) set it up for her. I must admit that I am worried about the fact that she has an account, even though it is set on private. Am I being too paranoid? and how do I confront this issue with her mother? anyone who can help me I would greatly appreciate it. |
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