sewcrafty

I can't believe this!!!
Arkansas teen accuses mom of Facebook harassment

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news...Facebook.Flap/

This is ridiculous!!!

jamh

WOW!! some kids will look for anything to grip about or blame the parents for! Just an easy out for the kids!

cjomomma

I would like to know what she said on his face book and more of what he said too. I have access to my kids face books accounts now because I found out that there was kids harrassing my son on there and that he was making some not nice postings himself. If he pulled this stuff with me he would live or not live to regret it. If this boy wins then parents will lose all control over their children.

CraftsByRobin

He would have a lot more of his privileges taken away if it were me ... he doesn't deserve a computer!

sewcrafty

First of all, we are talking about a minor!!! Parents have the right to have rules and regs for the safety of their child!! Basically, you live in my house, you live by my rules. I know of parents that go through their kids rooms at least monthly, to make sure that nothing is going down that isn't legal! My house includes everything in it, including and not limited to any electronic devices!!! My son knows that at anytime, I'll request his cell phone, laptop, etc. to check it out. Doesn't like it but, OH WELL!!

Second, if something did happen to this child, then the question would be, why didn't the mother monitor what her child was doing and why didn't she have any idea that something was going on!

If the government is going to step in and say that a parent can't monitor what a minor is doing electronically, then all sites need to be mandatory 18 yrs & up to sign on to!

marsye

Just saw it on the news....stupid I thought! Yea MOM! :thumbup:

grammyp

I don't think FaceBook is the problem. Seems like she needs to have him living with her instead of his grandmother and needs to take other privileges away.

iltoaz

Most all of us are in agreement - kids need supervision. We just found out our 11 year old grandson had a Facebook page set up at his dads. When we found out our daughter shut it down and also his email. She had a discussion with both of her boys that no Facebook until you're 13. So at their father's house they went against her instructions. They of course had a long discussion on the topic of disregarding instructions, and also the consequences of their actions.

Quilter7x

In the article, the mother says her son had "moved in with his grandmother about five years ago, after she went through a difficult divorce, was having mental health problems and didn't feel she could provide her son with the supervision he needed".

It sounds like the mom hasn't been much a part of his life for the last 5 years, so I wonder why she's all of a sudden doing this if she isn't raising him. Maybe this is a legitimate harrassment case.