Parents who have full access to their kid's Facebook account?

[redhen]

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I'll be sure to tell the cops to raid your house whenever cause, well you know, "you have nothing to hide".

You are comparing a violation of the basic rights of an adult to the violation of imaginary "Rights" of a child. You as a child do not have a "Right" to the internet. It is a PRIVELEGE. I think children these days often forget the difference between the two.

Ding! Ding! Ding! Another good point.

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

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I'll be sure to tell the cops to raid your house whenever cause, well you know, "you have nothing to hide".

You are comparing a violation of the basic rights of an adult to the violation of imaginary "Rights" of a child. You as a child do not have a "Right" to the internet. It is a PRIVELEGE. I think children these days often forget the difference between the two.

^This.^

 

[Matthew3590]

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I'll be sure to tell the cops to raid your house whenever cause, well you know, "you have nothing to hide".

You are comparing a violation of the basic rights of an adult to the violation of imaginary "Rights" of a child. You as a child do not have a "Right" to the internet. It is a PRIVELEGE. I think children these days often forget the difference between the two.

I am not saying I have a right to the internet I am saying I as a human being have a right to privacy. just because I am someones child does not mean I have to walk every where naked because you are afraid I might be stealing something.

 

[saddina]

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You are comparing a violation of the basic rights of an adult to the violation of imaginary "Rights" of a child. You as a child do not have a "Right" to the internet. It is a PRIVELEGE. I think children these days often forget the difference between the two.

I am not saying I have a right to the internet I am saying I as a human being have a right to privacy. just because I am someones child does not mean I have to walk every where naked because you are afraid I might be stealing something.

Your right to privacy extends to your person, IE your body, not the net. so yes you have a basic right to clothing, a toilet, not to be unessarliy humiliated,, I can look up the list, it's only like 8 items. not a word about net privlages or phone usage.

 

[StrayMagnet]

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I'll be sure to tell the cops to raid your house whenever cause, well you know, "you have nothing to hide".

You are comparing a violation of the basic rights of an adult to the violation of imaginary "Rights" of a child. You as a child do not have a "Right" to the internet. It is a PRIVELEGE. I think children these days often forget the difference between the two.

can not agree more... Privileged and rites are 2 different things

 

[magicpigeon]

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You are comparing a violation of the basic rights of an adult to the violation of imaginary "Rights" of a child. You as a child do not have a "Right" to the internet. It is a PRIVELEGE. I think children these days often forget the difference between the two.

I am not saying I have a right to the internet I am saying I as a human being have a right to privacy. just because I am someones child does not mean I have to walk every where naked because you are afraid I might be stealing something.

I was pretty much a "robot", very different to the teens today. I mean, if a person of AUthority said somehting, that was the law, it was unquestioned. I'm not old either. I'm still within the 1-20 age group

I find it a little strange in the lest to see all these kids now openly fighting, questioning, disobeying their parents. That said we had a very clear "rank" system which I loathed at the time but now find myself more appreciative off. Make of it what you will...

 

[EmtheFishLady]

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Here's a fact...on any given day I'm propositioned at least once. On multiple sites. I've even had it happen on BYC. Creeps are everywhere. There doesn't need to be a statistic on it. It's just a fact. They're out there.

 

[Nimby Chickens]

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Yep.. its not about trust. Is MY responsibility to monitor the minor children living in my house. Anything less is neglectful.
And if you have nothing to hide, why worry about it then?

I'll be sure to tell the cops to raid your house whenever cause, well you know, "you have nothing to hide".

I understand both sides here. On one hand, the basic situation is similar. I would want my privacy simply because it shows bad form for someone to rifle through my stuff without reason, because it messes up said possessions, and at the very least is an inconvenience. I know for example, in raids the police REALLY make a mess - unfounded or not they have no obligation to clean it up!

On the other hand, the parents do own the house and I assume all the possessions in it. The police raid other peoples' houses, but parents are raiding their own. It's not quite an accurate connection to draw from but I think it does illustrate your point.

 

[Dar]

how ironic... lookie what was in todays paper

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/08/03/mississauga-man-jailed-in-us-for-child-luring

 

[Nimby Chickens]

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Here's a fact...on any given day I'm propositioned at least once. On multiple sites. I've even had it happen on BYC. Creeps are everywhere. There doesn't need to be a statistic on it. It's just a fact. They're out there.

I've been propositioned before as well, but only once or twice, on dating websites.

I have heard you're a loopy one Em, but just where are you trekking around on the internet?

I understand what you mean, but there are SO many factors here. Are they sending you these messages knowing that you are an adult, female, single/married/pregnant/whatever, or are they blindly fishing? Just because they message you doesn't mean they would message a kid.

The times I have been propositioned were not even by people I would call 'creeps'. I was on a dating website, they sent messages. They were to the point, politely asked a simple question, and I gave them a simple answer. There was no stalking or weirdness, they just said goodbye and I never heard from them again. They messaged me because I had a profile and I'm pretty attractive, not to toot my own horn but there you go. I am confident they would not have messaged me if I was a child.

It IS beyond sick to be sexually interested in children. This is pretty much universally agreed-upon. The world IS dangerous and creeps are out there for sure. The point I am trying to make is that it is sensationalized and not as widespread as you would think. You have to analyze these facts and decide what is right for you and your family. It is just risk analysis and what you are comfortable with. Do you never let your teen drive the car, use the toaster, play football? All these carry risks, we just decide how much to take vs. the payoff and we do it from a place of reason and logic, even though we hear every day that some kid wrapped his parents car around a tree, someone burned their house down when they left the toaster on, or the kid here in FL who died during football practice.