I am so ticked!!!

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Registered: 09-21-2004
I am so ticked!!!
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Fri, 06-10-2005 - 7:33pm

Why are people so disgusting. I swear this whole world is going to crap!! My 14 year old neice is visiting and I wanted her to be able to have fun on the computer since she does not get to get on very much at home. Well I registered her a name with aol and put parental controls on it. I entered her age for ages 13 to 15. I am so stupid because I niavely thought it would be safe since I set up all the parental controls.


Well my neice was on the computer while I was watching tv and said that someone Im's her. I said cool. Then a couple of seconds later she says...Aunt Traci waht is a/s/l. I got suspicious and came over and took over the chat. Some guy was trying to get her to email her picture!! I would swear this was a grown man. Well then I go and look at the message boards to see what is going on there and boy did I get an education. I saw things like...."18 year old male/ want to talk to younger girls" and " bi-male wants to talk to 14 year old girls only" and "if your 13 send me your pics"

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Fri, 06-10-2005 - 8:55pm
That is TERRIBLE!!! I would have been so upset too!
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Registered: 09-21-2004
Fri, 06-10-2005 - 10:29pm

Thanks Andrea. She is okay but now she is scared to use the computer. I am scared for her to use it to. I mean there are so many ways that pedophiles have of getting people to inoccently give info about themselves. I just don't understand why this is not a bigger issue with our government. I mean If I can be solicited by 5 different people within 5 minutes......


I am so scared now for those teens that have parents not paying attention!!!

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Registered: 11-26-2004
Sat, 06-11-2005 - 4:43am
Girl, I know what you mean, My niece is 13 and she was playing a game on yahoo and the guys playing were more interested in talking to her than playing the actual game. They were just disgusting. One even said he was 42!!! WTH?! I will be so worried when my girls are older and will definitely have to monitor them more then they'll like. What a sad world we live in. :(
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Registered: 04-08-2005
Sat, 06-11-2005 - 2:12pm

That is disgusting!! I would be ticked too. I do not let my children on the internet unless I or dh is in the room with them and usually I look up what they want to see. I can not believe there are so many sick people in this world. I hope your niece is ok.

Olivia

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Registered: 12-12-2003
Sat, 06-11-2005 - 4:11pm

When I was pregnat with my first I use to go on a chat board for pregnat teens threw aol . well Most of the girls on there were like 14 and i was 17-18 so one reason i stopped

The second reason i got constant ims from 40 plus men wanting pics and to meet and asking completely perverted stuff ppl are sick

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Registered: 09-11-2003
Sat, 06-11-2005 - 5:27pm

How did these guys get your IM name? I didn't think that was even possible! Scary. Yea, I woke up at 5am one morning and found my 11 year old son chatting on a website called Neopets, which a good web site,but I had told him to go to bed after the movie he was watching and he was chatting with someone that said she was a 12 year old girl, but I told my son that is how sick-os work! He was grounded from the computer for a while. We do keep ours in the living room for this reason.

-Robin

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Registered: 09-21-2004
Sat, 06-11-2005 - 10:15pm

It is so sad Robing that we cannot let our kids enjoy something that could be potentially wonderful. I had dreams of my children being able to get to know kids their own ages from other countries, but I guess it will only remain a dream..sigh.


When I started to get the Im's I had clicked on something called "the lounge" which was a chat room for what I thought were 13-15 year olds. I was only there seconds when I was im'd by someone. I really think children are basically under attack in these places. I am doing some research on what can be done about it.

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