I've just found out that my almost 13 year old son has been sending quite rude and offensive comments in a group chat. He isn't bullying anyone as such but he is engaging with the chat in a way that is not ok, including sharing a picture of some celebrity butt and making overtly sexual comments and being over the top rude with sexual comments and bad language that don't seem at all consistent with the tone of the rest of the group chat.  This was brought to my attention by another concerned parent and I've been asked to have my son remove himself from the group chat which I will absolutely do.  I'm sitting awake trying to figure out how to handle this when he wakes up. I've been on the esafety website and raisingchildren.net but there is so much info its a bit overwhelming and also related to protecting children from others online (ie blocking) but what do I do when my child is the problem???? He also has quite severe anxiety and alot of his communication and sense of connection comes from online communication so I don't want to take this away from him completely.  My questions are: * How do I monitor my son's phone and internet interactions? (He has his own phone) * How much monitoring is too much monitoring? (I know teenagers deserve some privacy and opportunity to connect with their peers and figure some of this stuff out themselves) * What would you do??? Consequences etc.  (His 13th birthday is in 2 weeks and he was going to be getting a new tv, phone and xbox upgrade) ... View more