When a child doesn't use social media responsibly

SuburbMom
Wed, 07 Jun 2017 16:43:04 +0000

In light of what has happened with the Harvard students posting memes that got their admission rescinded (but not to beat that dead horse here) - What do/did you do when you find out your child isn’t using social media responsibly? What if you discover your child has a “finsta” or has created a psuedonym FB account? Or, their FB information is completely public and contains very inappropriate language, images, etc.

Do/did you lock them down? Or monitor them with one of those stalker apps that bcc’s all their texts to you? (Which likely just made them use other apps instead…) The consequences of this stuff can be devastating and a lot of kids don’t get it at 13, or 15, and some of them even at 17.

What’s a parent to do?