Last year, my 14 years old daughter broke the rule of "No contact with someone you haven't seen with your own eyes". Her internet access was removed for a year.We gave her back internet last May 1st without MSN Messenger access. By using e-mails, she started to chat with this other 17 years old male teen. She gave him our phone number (he never called) and even accepted to go to his friend's house (she wrote back saying the address he gave was wrong). How I know all this? easy: *I* am that other teen.I created him and, like any other pedophile would do, told her what she wanted to hear. I find it unbelievable that she was ready to go inside a complete stranger's house!Now, the question: Where do I go with this? How would you end this story? Another long discussion? Simply remove internet for another year? somehow scare her to death?Specify if you're an adult or teenager. I'd love to hear comments/suggestions from teenagers as well!

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As a parent and an adult, I would restrict the teen from using the computer. It would only be used for homework, etc. I would put the computer in the family room or some place without the privacy needed to conduct this type of interaction.This teen needs to know that using a computer is a privilege, not a right. I would treat it as I would a car. If my child couldn't drive a car without following the rules, s/he couldn't drive. It's too unsafe. Same thing with the computer. This teen need a wake-up call before we have to read about her in the paper.

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Lol, meet her at the friend's house with a scarry halloween mask on and rape her to show her this is what happens to women who mess with men's heads. She'll never touch the computer again.

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it hard to take the computer a way because that makes them do what you tell them not to do even more fun. tell her about all the girls that have went missing by talking to people on the net. tell her that you can find a way to talk to kids her own age by having her set up a email with you that her friend can have that no one knows and let that be a place for he to talk but tell he you have to be with he when shes talking and you get to see how is sending her mail and how she is talking to and you should also talk to you Internet provider and tell them you wont it child locked would really in force how unsafe it is to talk to people on the Internet. i have a 16 year old cousin they have let have his way on the net and he has got his self in big trouble by meting a girl. but i really don't think any ting is safe anymore not even phones if some one wont's in to you computer or find a way in your house to talk to kids they can do it so just tell he to really watch how she writes to because you just wont to make sure she is safe and butting in parents is what we do best

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