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<blockquote data-quote="robinm1922" data-source="post: 282653" data-attributes="member: 6423"><p>Hi,</p><p>I am a friend on my difficult child's myspace and face book. I am friends with most of her friends as well. I am friends with her to keep her safe. I have tried really hard to ignore the language, if that is what she needs to say to express her feelings then (I don't like it and I tell her that) so be it.</p><p>That is me and my difficult child is a little older (16) she has cleaned it up on her own, and I have been able to keep in touch with what is going on in her life from a distance.</p><p>My main concern with the myspace and face book is how mean they can be to each other. There have been a few "threats" made that I had to step in about, my difficult child DID NOT like that I did that. In the end it is all about safety. If someone is going to post threats I am going to call them on it.</p><p>I feel for your difficult child it isn't easy losing people especially peers your same age, kids that age don't pass. Hard enough for a non - difficult child to deal but add a little extra and it makes it even harder.</p><p> </p><p>My only advice would be, if you can let the language go then ignore it, he will never know when you are looking at his page. Make friends with his friends, it is amazing how much more you can learn it is a long chain from there. The less he thinks you are there the more "open" he will be with expressing himself and the more you may learn. Eventually he will forget you are even a friend.</p><p> </p><p>For me it has been better to watch from a distance, now I have very little problems with those sites. Face book has taken over for difficult child's myspace, I like that better because it is easier to see what is going on. One of the ways I figured out my difficult child was in crisis mode was through myspace. </p><p> </p><p>Either way I wish you the best of luck, it is a tricky road we travel and they forgot to give us a map! No directions just pave the road best suited for you and your difficult child.</p><p>Take care,</p><p>Robin</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robinm1922, post: 282653, member: 6423"] Hi, I am a friend on my difficult child's myspace and face book. I am friends with most of her friends as well. I am friends with her to keep her safe. I have tried really hard to ignore the language, if that is what she needs to say to express her feelings then (I don't like it and I tell her that) so be it. That is me and my difficult child is a little older (16) she has cleaned it up on her own, and I have been able to keep in touch with what is going on in her life from a distance. My main concern with the myspace and face book is how mean they can be to each other. There have been a few "threats" made that I had to step in about, my difficult child DID NOT like that I did that. In the end it is all about safety. If someone is going to post threats I am going to call them on it. I feel for your difficult child it isn't easy losing people especially peers your same age, kids that age don't pass. Hard enough for a non - difficult child to deal but add a little extra and it makes it even harder. My only advice would be, if you can let the language go then ignore it, he will never know when you are looking at his page. Make friends with his friends, it is amazing how much more you can learn it is a long chain from there. The less he thinks you are there the more "open" he will be with expressing himself and the more you may learn. Eventually he will forget you are even a friend. For me it has been better to watch from a distance, now I have very little problems with those sites. Face book has taken over for difficult child's myspace, I like that better because it is easier to see what is going on. One of the ways I figured out my difficult child was in crisis mode was through myspace. Either way I wish you the best of luck, it is a tricky road we travel and they forgot to give us a map! No directions just pave the road best suited for you and your difficult child. Take care, Robin [/QUOTE]
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