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quote:Originally posted by T S C:
Or disable MMS messaging. That is what I did. My little precious angel can neither send nor receive pictures. Not of puppies, naked cheerleaders, funny Halloween pumpkins, or anything else! But she can take pics all day long. If she wants to print them, she has to upload them to MY computer (hers has Linux) and I have to print them for her. BTW - I am the meanest mommy in the world.
quote:Originally posted by T S C:
Or disable MMS messaging. That is what I did. My little precious angel can neither send nor receive pictures. Not of puppies, naked cheerleaders, funny Halloween pumpkins, or anything else! But she can take pics all day long. If she wants to print them, she has to upload them to MY computer (hers has Linux) and I have to print them for her. BTW - I am the meanest mommy in the world.
quote:Originally posted by T S C:
BTW - I am the meanest mommy in the world.
quote:Originally posted by T S C:
Ya'll are all sweet! Now if only my daughter understood that I don't do these things to make her miserable... oh, and if you have AT&T - get SmartLimits. I can lock her phone down between certain hours so no calls / no texts at 3:00 in the morning, except to numbers that I approve of (like mine and her dad's numbers). Great for when she's grounded from the phone, but I need her to have it so she can call and tell me when to pick her up from practice or whatever.
quote:Originally posted by lynnblount:
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Y'all are all talking about how great it is to block your kids phones in order to prevent this behavior...what about addressing the fact that they would do it in the first place??
Tell your kids why this is wrong and especially your daughters how damaging this could be to their reputation and self esteem. My kids are in grade school and we have already had several discussions about why pictures like that are wrong.
Shutting down the phone camera or ability to send/receive pics is comparable to treating a symptom and ignoring the disease. If your kids are intent upon taking the "cool sexy" pics like some of the kids at school are doing, they will just use a digital camera or a friend's phone. How naive are you, parents?
quote:Shutting down the phone camera or ability to send/receive pics is comparable to treating a symptom and ignoring the disease. If your kids are intent upon taking the "cool sexy" pics like some of the kids at school are doing, they will just use a digital camera or a friend's phone. How naive are you, parents?
quote:Originally posted by smurph:quote:Shutting down the phone camera or ability to send/receive pics is comparable to treating a symptom and ignoring the disease. If your kids are intent upon taking the "cool sexy" pics like some of the kids at school are doing, they will just use a digital camera or a friend's phone. How naive are you, parents?
Sorry guys because I would be meaner than TSC -- if I told the kid to not do it and they did it again -- there would be no cell phone to have to be blocked...there would be no activities to go be a part of -- my child would be grounded until they could accept that they can't do those things and stop...I agree with Lynn and Smurph both -- blocking the capability doesn't treat the problem, but you have to have control somehow so it is a two-edged sword...
its not naive,its called drawing the line. Kids do not always do what mom and dad say to do. They are sending the message loud and clear WITHOUT a doubt they do not approve.Its showing their kids they DO mean business!
quote:In my day of high school we did not have cell phones that can be used to publish nude photo's of the best looking girls in school...
We just had to settle on the real thing...
quote:Originally posted by lynnblount:
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Y'all are all talking about how great it is to block your kids phones in order to prevent this behavior...what about addressing the fact that they would do it in the first place??
Tell your kids why this is wrong and especially your daughters how damaging this could be to their reputation and self esteem. My kids are in grade school and we have already had several discussions about why pictures like that are wrong.
Shutting down the phone camera or ability to send/receive pics is comparable to treating a symptom and ignoring the disease. If your kids are intent upon taking the "cool sexy" pics like some of the kids at school are doing, they will just use a digital camera or a friend's phone. How naive are you, parents?
quote:Originally posted by clementine:
I understand what you are saying about "not treating the symptom", but I think TSC is doing a good job. We can teach our kids, talk with out kids, do all that we can. They may even have never been in any type of trouble (mine haven't) but you NEVER KNOW what temptation will come along and they may have a weak moment. I believe my children are well grounded and certaily know right from wrong but I will NEVER say "I've taught them well so I know for a surety that they will never do something like that." You know?
It sends the signal loud and clear that these things are not tolerated. There were fifth graders caught having sex in the bathroom at Rogers School not too long ago. What happens when 12 year old sending pics turns into 12 year olds getting raped? Apparently the incident at Greenhill was not rape, but really - two consenting fifth graders??quote:Originally posted by mekirk2:
I hate to be the one to come out and disagree with the idea of this, but does no one else find it insane that a child could be charged with creating or sharing child pornography? When are we going to draw a line on who is a child and who is not? You can't vote, get married, move out on your own, quit school (most places) and many other things until you are 18 in most states (some of those you can do with a parents consent.) So, until you are 18, you are not adult enough to make these type of adult decisions. But, if your child makes a childish mistake like taking a picture of themselves and emailing it to someone (and I am by no means condoning this), they are 'treated' like and adult and charged with an adult crime. Either they can make adult decisions and should be treated as such or they can't.
Yes, they should be held accountable for what they do, but we, as a society, need to send a message to them that there is an age that is considered adulthood. We continue to tell them that, for this situation you are an adult and for that situation you are a child. What kind of sense does that make and what kind of signal does it send?
Michael
quote:Originally posted by T S C:It sends the signal loud and clear that these things are not tolerated. There were fifth graders caught having sex in the bathroom at Rogers School not too long ago. What happens when 12 year old sending pics turns into 12 year olds getting raped? Apparently the incident at Greenhill was not rape, but really - two consenting fifth graders??quote:Originally posted by mekirk2:
I hate to be the one to come out and disagree with the idea of this, but does no one else find it insane that a child could be charged with creating or sharing child pornography? When are we going to draw a line on who is a child and who is not? You can't vote, get married, move out on your own, quit school (most places) and many other things until you are 18 in most states (some of those you can do with a parents consent.) So, until you are 18, you are not adult enough to make these type of adult decisions. But, if your child makes a childish mistake like taking a picture of themselves and emailing it to someone (and I am by no means condoning this), they are 'treated' like and adult and charged with an adult crime. Either they can make adult decisions and should be treated as such or they can't.
Yes, they should be held accountable for what they do, but we, as a society, need to send a message to them that there is an age that is considered adulthood. We continue to tell them that, for this situation you are an adult and for that situation you are a child. What kind of sense does that make and what kind of signal does it send?
Michael
quote:Originally posted by T S C:
Or disable MMS messaging. That is what I did. My little precious angel can neither send nor receive pictures. Not of puppies, naked cheerleaders, funny Halloween pumpkins, or anything else! But she can take pics all day long. If she wants to print them, she has to upload them to MY computer (hers has Linux) and I have to print them for her. BTW - I am the meanest mommy in the world.
quote:Originally posted by T S C:
The law states that minors may have sex with one another. So, your logic is flawed.
The law also states that NO PERSON regardless of age may rape or murder. Nor may any person, regardless of age create, possess, or transmit child porn.