Posted on 09/25/2006 10:29:00 AM PDT by AUJenn
This is completely a vanity, so if you are not interested, please no rude comments and just continue on by.
I have a situation that I would like some fellow freeper/conservative opinions and thoughts on. I am an adult, but I have a large family and several much-younger siblings. My youngest brother is 13 years old. He has invited me to be his friend on MySpace. (I recently joined to keep up with old college friends and occasionally use it. My site's pretty dull, haha).
However, I was browing his site and was very concerned about some of the content. There are many references to him drinking, smoking, some pretty crass language and other mature topics. I am by no means some boring prude or tattle , but I feel that he has no business being involved in some of this at 13 years old.
My thoughts are that perhaps this is a joke, or he is just trying to appear older or "cool" to other kids. Maybe it is just some kind of inside joke that I don't get. Maybe he is running with a bad crowd and has some secrets that the family is not aware of.
My brother adores my husband and they get along very well...I told my husband about this and he is concerned. My dilemma is should I bring this to my parents' attention? I feel so ridiculous as a grown woman even asking this, but I don't want to misstep here and be way off. Should my husband have a conversation with my brother about the content of the web site?
Has any fellow freeper had an issue like this? Any suggestions would be helpful.
Okay. I guess I just got confused about what you were implying, since you stated, Afterall, it seems to me, that if the parents cared, they would already know what the kid is doing".
Amen.
-Eric
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