<p>I have a xanga. I just write what I feel. My only rule is only to write what you wouldn’t care having repeated. I just like to write funny stories and often get a lot of positive responses from my friends and random people who’ve stumbled across my site about how funny it is. I agree with the issues where you shouldn’t make anything private public. That is just stupid and not common sense. Anything you wouldn’t give away or say in public don’t write it.</p>
<p>But sometimes it is just place to share experiences and vent frustration. I also like it because it encourages writing from me and helps me to focus some ideas that get confusing. It helps me to vent frustrations in a humorous way that people can read and laugh about with me. All in all, parents you should allow your kid to have an online journal if they want it because it fosters writing and creativity but just make sure that thye have a few rules for it. Ask if you can read it. If they say not that’s okay. I have no problems with my parents reading mine (even if everything on there isn’t their favorites thing to hear). Now I like it because it helps me to keep in contact with my numerous friends back at school or at other ones. So don’t ban but just set some ground rules.</p>