Hi @Maggiemay Thanks for posting your story. I'm wondering how you went with the social media restriction with your daughter. We had some issues in our house with my 13 year old feeling victimised by who she calls 'randoms'on Facebook so we deleted her account. But then she felt so disconnected from her group, as in they woulod arrange meetups via their Facebook accounts and forget to include her. She almost started to feel worse. I foubd the Federal Police Cyber Bullying site and read about what we could do. We found using the blocking option and the pricvacy controls made a huge difference. We also made her committ to not adding anyone she didn't know. The criteria we gave her was "would you say hello to them on the street?" We told her if she didn't know them well enough to at least say Hi to in real life, she didn't know them well enough to share her life with. It's worked really well. How's your daughter going @Maggiemay? ... View more

I agree @taziness this is awful. I looked on the Reddit site and when you see them one after the other it actually gets really depressing. All these poor kids asking to be insulted. I honestly can't see what the appeal is. The insults aren't even very funny. Although I'm one of those people who hate it when comedians start picking on people in the audience. So maybe I'm not built right for this. ... View more

Hey @momof2girls   I struggle with this one too. Mostly because my middle child, who is 13 years old, picks on her little brother who is 8. They fight and sometimes he holds his own but often she just goads him for what seems like her own entertainment. It's very upsetting. Especially when they seem to hurt each other, Which it sounds like you have with your girls.   I definitely believe in intervening and time outs. I know some parents think that letting them work it out is the best idea but my opinion is, once people start hitting they no longer know how to resolve the conflict. So I will seperate them. I never choose sides, even when it's abundantly clear that one is wrong! I will always listen to their story without accusing them of anything. But I also try and steer them away from the details. As in, if one is telling me the story behind why they hit the other I will get them to focus on how it's not ok to hurt someone else, ever, and then discuss when they needed to come get me instead.   What things do you usually try @momof2girls? ... View more

Hi @jackfruithouse3   Thanks for sharing your story. It's a biggie for me because I have a 13 year old daughter who has recently started talking about boys. She hasn't asked to have one over yet and she certainly hasn't told me she has a boyfriend (in fact, every time I ask her if she wants to talk about sex etc. she basically runs away screaming) but I know it's got to come eventually.   My biggest fear is that if I block her from seeing someone will she just try and see him behind my back. She recently got in trouble for talking to a suspended boy outside of school and when I asked her about it she told me it's her friend's boyfriend. Her friend's mum has forbidden the daughter from dating this boy so instead, she just sees him when she's supposed to be seeing her friends. THAT is my biggest fear!   I winder if it's not better to have a situation where your son is willing to invite his girlfriend overand introduce you. What do you think @jackfruithouse3? And did it happen? ... View more