Good luck, it gets much harder as they get older. Life will change significantly when she hit puberty.

My girls were easy to parent as young children, when the hit that time, look out!:D

And yet even though youre being nothing but a flaming, trolling asshole, and we could possibly say the same of you, we're trying to HELP you.

What does that say about our relative maturity?

Your opinion???

flaming??? Trolling??? Asshole????

A teen trying to tell a parent how to parent???!??! now there is a novel thought! HA! :D

Not.:blush:

Every day I look at my daughter and I think - she's so full of love for her Mommy and Daddy and so precious. Then I do the math. Let's see 13 - 6 = 7; 7 * 12 = 84... OK, I have 84 months until [SpikeLee] she hate me. She wants me dead[/Spike].

Its like death and taxes. Its coming. I know its coming. I know exactly what it is and exactly what to expect. But am I ready? Hell no.

There is no way to get ready. Just doo the best you can. All of them are different. I have 2 girls, they are 180 degrees from each other. Thankfully, both very sucessful.

You don't have to be a parent to know how to raise children.

My mother isn't the greatest at raising children. I should know, as I've had to raise my brother myself. I've been cooking since I was 10, and pretty much running the house since I was 14. Don't tell me you need to have children of your own to know what's best. My parents really never did anything, they let me surf the net by myself without keyloggers and spyware (even though I know more about computers than the both of them do), but I turned out just fine.

Don't burn the kid just because you're older. Age means nothing.

The only thing I can say is you are correct, the bottom line, and you know this is true, you are an acception, not the rule. The majority of famlies in the US have at least one parent who is parenting, not kids stepping up to the plate because their parents could not. None of this is the issue here. The issue is am I a "Mother-Fucking-Asshole" ( quote by Ibram) because I choose to monitor what goes on in my house on my computers by my kids???

The homophobic rants fit both troll and flame definitions.

This is not a good ad for your parenting skills. You might want to give it (this argument) up now. A good parent makes these transitions easy for their child. A not-so-good parent is surprised by them and sees them as a huge step. A good parent watches the transition in their child's older friends and the older children of their friends. Then it is not seen as a sudden change.

Oh wait, I'm probably young enough to be your daughter, so wtf would I know? :rolleyes:

You will get yours....

My daughters are long past that transition thankyouverymuch....:)

But hey, thanks for telling me how to parent my kids, I hope you take your own advice. It is not as easy as you make it out to be, but have at it...:3eye:

I consider myself warned.

(puts feet up) :corn:

Get over it. Ever heard the saying about sticks and stones? Christ, if you make an issue about shit like this, is it any wonder people question your parenting skills?

Merc, you never did answer the question about how you can deal with your kids when you snap and go all off the handle at Ibram, someone you never met, and only know on a meesage board.

BTW, calling his parents idiots for trusting him, calling him a "bi confused fag", and refusing to address his statements, and only insult him with homophobic comments? Not your best hour.

And Ibram, you were out of line calling Merc a "Mother fucking asshole". How he raises his kids is his business, not yours. Until you have kids of your own, you don't know what all goes into it.

My kids (2 girls, 7 and 9) were always fine on the internet. I always told them that they had to be careful, just like they knew not to give out information on the phone. Of course, I had the advantage of keeping the computer in the living room, where the wife and I could keep an eye on them.

Amen. :dedhorse:

Wow, 75 posts in like 7 hours. This thread EXPLODED. Amazing.

Yes, yes it did.

*sits down next to Bullitt* Wanna split a pizza?

I've been reading this issue from the beginning and it startles me how quickly things have spiraled downhill. :neutral:

As a high school student myself I have no problem with my parents keeping a "blocker" on the house computers. This "blocker" doesn't mean they're necessarily spying on me it just insures that inappropriate material isn't accessed.

My parents don't bother me with what I do on the internet and plenty of times they've taken away certain restrictions on the blocker so I can visit sites like this one. I'd say my parents are fairly lenient and I'd hope they consider me trustworthy.

Anyway my point is, I've never felt that my "privacy" online was being violated because what is the internet anyway? Not the benchmark for privacy in my opinion at least. :D

While I value my privilege of using the internet I understand that it is a privilege that depends on my actions. You have to be held accountable by someone. Isn't that the truth with everything in life?

This is my personal opinion in response to the original questions asked by TheMercenary.

Boy, the Cellar sure is interesting :)