<p>My child knows I read CC, but has never asked if I’ve posted something. I’ve read some very personal information on this site, posted under the cover of anonymity. I try to keep information vague enough so my child won’t know it’s me. Any other stealth parents, or do your kids know what you are writing?</p>
<p>My oldest knows I frequent this site, and even my username, because she thinks its so dumb, “mom, seriously? Starbright? Is that the best thing you could think of?” (I agree its terrible but I digress…). </p>
<p>But she would NEVER EVER come on this site. Just not her cup of tea AT ALL. But I also try not to post about her anyways since there is too much I’ve written about myself and I worry others that could be on here and know her might put it together (given our unusual location and all).</p>
<p>My kids know my user-name. They rarely get on CC and aren’t members. I suppose they could join or guess my password, log-in and look up my posts. . . but they have better, much more interesting things to do than look at mom’s boring stuff. I try not to write anything negative about my kids or give too much identifying info.</p>
<p>I try to drag my kid to CC. There are too many good stuff here. But, once I said who and who posted a guide on SAT prep, the response was, “Who do you think he is? How much does he know?” Since Google can lead people to CC, I suspect most kids visit CC more or less. I doubt they know their parents on here, but don’t underestimate today’s kids.</p>
<p>Yep, my kid knows my username. I didn’t think he was interested in cc, and then I found out he posted on some of the political forums that I frequent. He’s smart and hilarious, but I must admit it was rather odd to find out your kid is someone you thought was another random poster!</p>
<p>My advice, even if you think your kid isn’t following cc, don’t say ANYTHING on here that could come back to haunt and embarrass you or your family!</p>
<p>No–none know my username and none would bother to ask. Nonetheless they hear all the time “I read on CC…”.
I do wish I had picked a username that did not identify my/mine in anyway whatsoever–sometimes I do not post because of this.</p>
<p>my child knows mine but has “better things to do” than searching cc for what I might post. LOL. I do not worry about it. I have a S that knows everything though. </p>
<p>My mother kept a cartoon on the refrigerator when I was young. It showed a Britannica Encyclopedia salesman at the door asking the mother if she would be interested in purchasing a set for the home. Her response was “No thank you, we already have a teenager that can tell us everything”</p>
<p>My kids do not even know that I am on CC, let alone my user name. I do keep certain information private i.e. gpa’s, test scores, etc.</p>
<p>unfortunately yes. and she stalks me. She started a conversation the other day: “I liked Bert’s dress too”. We hadn’t discussed Project Runway, but she saw the thread I started. </p>
<p>PS - Hi sweetie!!</p>
<p>My D used to visit CC more often but seemed to grow weary of the high stat boast posts. I felt like a spy reading the kid threads, glad they have section for parents! I don’t want her to know my username because I don’t want detailed critiques of my opinions.</p>
<p>I use my daughter’s user name and password.
She’s never posted and only comes to read posts she’s interested in.</p>
<p>My S does. Every once in a while I find CC open and he’s done a search on my posts. </p>
<p>Hello, JustaSon… <waves> :D</waves></p>
<p>My kids know my user name. Neither ever came on CC, but I made some contacts on CC that were a big help to son at his college and with recruiting. One student became good friends with my son and still is (post-college).</p>
<p>I am probably too easy to figure out, but I don’t think my daughter cares and I don’t think she has ever looked on here. When I joined, I was looking for National Merit information and didn’t think too much about remaining anonymous. Nor did I think I would stay on for years!</p>
<p>For my son to take a look, it would mean time away from WOW or Call of Duty, so that is not a worry at all.</p>
<p>My D knows that I post, knows my CC user name and rolled her eyes at the thought of her Mom on an online bulletin board until I passed on some information that was incredibly helpful during her med school application process. I think that she went on the Student Doctor Network one time as she applied to med school but as a general rule doesn’t have the time for bulletin boards. As she applied to undergrad she had no interest in looking at CC thinking that it would be just one more stressor…I would pass on snippets of information about the schools that interested her.</p>
<p>They laughed at my last username. I suspect they know my current username because sometimes I forgot to log out. Some of the things they said made me think they read my posts. Not good. I might change my username again to avoid detection.</p>
<p>My family knows I participate, since I’m always passing on nuggets of wisdom from CC, but I don’t think either of them have any idea what my username is or have any interest in stalking me. My computer itself is password-protected. :)</p>
<p>My H used to pooh-pooh CC, until I posted q’s in the parents forum on various topics he wanted info about, and was able to report back with specific recommendations and experiences within the hour! :D</p>
<p>My son knows my user name and I know his. However, he only spent about a month being active on CC because he was part of a “waiting to hear from college X” thread. </p>
<p>In my family we call it College Crackidential because I’m addicted to it!</p>
<p>College Crackidential: hilarious. I love this.</p>
<p>In our house it’s not so clever; but soo many of my conversations start with “on that forum I visit…”</p>
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<p>I don’t think my son knows I’m on here but I could be wrong. I tried to get him to read CC when he was applying to colleges and he wasn’t overly interested so I doubt he comes on here now. Originally I started with a user name that was the same as my aol user name and then realized if someone googled my aol user name my CC posts appear, so I changed it.</p>
<p>As for hubby, like starbright, I usually just say ‘on a forum I frequent’… He’s not into the internet at all and can’t for the life of him understand the attraction, so we just don’t talk about it. :)</p>