Exactly. It's about making sure that as parents we know what our kids are up to online. And that they and parents understand all about internet safety and what's legal and not legal.
My confidence level spikes each time things like this come up. Because somehow, someway, without being like a helicopter there's a lot of transparency in my home. My activities included.
My ex called me the other day--with omg..our kids aren't affected by momo are they?! So I put the phone out and asked each son, So uh what's momo? Each gave their own perplexed wth are you talking about look. With a mo what?
My middle son then the next day say..ooohhh...momo...I found the video on youtube. Yeah...some app telling kids to go harm themselves and then proceeded to show me..do you think I'd listen to this ugly mo fo?? Then it was laughter.
My sons even hold one another accountable to one another on top of it all.
Just another fear monger I suspect.
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Originally Posted by TheSadGirlRises
The message is that we need to be monitoring kids internet usage and talking with them about the dangers of the internet. Hoax this time, but the truth is that kids are doing stupid things because of things posted on the net.
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