Split from Cloud's Kids&Internet Thread

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by GuinivereXBloodgood

TM, why can't you just accept the fact that you're only making an ass of yourself even more?

Seriously dude, chill. Quit arguing just to be arguing.

Chill, I am having fun.

Let me ask you a question.

Do you think there is anything on the internet that you could monitor of your teen that would be inappropriate?

So basically, you as a parent, believe that your kid is so totally trustworthy and such an angel that there would be no chance that anything they do on the internet could be harmful or that any information that you, as a parent, could ever gleem to help prevent that child from heading into trouble??? Please give me a response, I am curious.

[GuinivereXBloodgood]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Chill, I am having fun.

Let me ask you a question.

Do you think there is anything on the internet that you could monitor of your teen that would be inappropriate?

So basically, you as a parent, believe that your kid is so totally trustworthy and such an angel that there would be no chance that anything they do on the internet could be harmful or that any information that you, as a parent, could ever gleem to help prevent that child from heading into trouble??? Please give me a response, I am curious.

First of all, I don't think you realize that I am younger than Ibram, therefore it is quite impossible for me to be the parent of a teenager, seeing as I am one.

And second, I have friends who are living proof that if you track your kid's every move and micro-manage their lives, they will go wild as soon as they're out on their own. So that, my friend, is only inviting trouble, not preventing it.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by GuinivereXBloodgood

First of all, I don't think you realize that I am younger than Ibram, therefore it is quite impossible for me to be the parent of a teenager, seeing as I am one.

And second, I have friends who are living proof that if you track your kid's every move and micro-manage their lives, they will go wild as soon as they're out on their own. So that, my friend, is only inviting trouble, not preventing it.

No where, no where... have I said that I in anyway micro-manage my kids lives.

But I did tell my 17 year old that if he ever went to jail, plan on spending at least 24 hours there because I would not come get him out so he can understand that all behavior suffers consequence.

[GuinivereXBloodgood]

I never said that you did...

Nope, only implied it. But I do think that tracking what sites they go to is considered micro-management, and if you micro-manage in one aspect of your kids' lives, it's quite likely that you do in others.

But I did tell my 17 year old that if he ever went to jail, plan on spending at least 24 hours there because I would not come get him out so he can understand that all behavior suffers consequence.

How is this relevant to your argument?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by GuinivereXBloodgood

I never said that you did...

Nope, only implied it. But I do think that tracking what sites they go to is considered micro-management, and if you micro-manage in one aspect of your kids' lives, it's quite likely that you do in others.



How is this relevant to your argument?

anecedotal...

implied??? don't wavier.

[GuinivereXBloodgood]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

anecedotal...

implied??? don't wavier.

If by 'wavier' you mean 'waver,' I am doing no such thing.

Or did you actually mean to say 'be wavier,' trying to imply that I should be straight?



The latter certainly wouldn't be totally inconceivable.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by GuinivereXBloodgood

If by 'wavier' you mean 'waver,' I am doing no such thing.

Or did you actually mean to say 'be wavier,' trying to imply that I should be straight?



The latter certainly wouldn't be totally inconceivable.

Yes, wavier, thank you.

Or we could be talking about crackers...

[Beestie]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

But I did tell my 17 year old that if he ever went to jail, plan on spending at least 24 hours there because I would not come get him out so he can understand that all behavior suffers consequence.

My father told me that there was only one thing he'd never bail me out of jail for: DUI. That did more to keep me from drinkin' and drivin' than anything else. The idea that he'd yank the safety net out for that one offense kept me clear of it.