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If you are a teen...
If you are a teen...
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posted 10:21pm, Apr 23, 2008
I am really curious as to WHY you would want to post on a parenting message board? It seems lately there has been a great influx of teens posting on here, and I don't get it. When i was a teen the last thing I would want to do would have been to hang out with a bunch of moms. We did anything we could do, to get away from parents we didn't seek them out to "hang out" with them. It just strikes me as really odd. Aren't there places with kids your own age you can hang out with?
I will be honest it also sort of bothers me. IMO young teens do not belong on here. Heck some of you aren't old enough to get a myspace page yet you are hanging out with a bunch of moms, even participating in talks about sex, drugs and things. It makes me want to participate less and not talk about certain subjects knowing there are young teens on here. I may be alone on this but I just don't think young kids belong on adult message boards.
This is a great place but if you were my kids I would not be happy that you were spending time on a board full of adults like this. IMO its asking for trouble. Don't your parents monitor your computer time and where you go on the net?
I am just trying to figure out why on earth teens would want to hang out on a parenting board unless you are teen parents. To me it makes no sense.
Also if you want to hang with adults like this you should at least try to type in english and not type in texting chat. Since this is a board for adults most of us have no clue what you are trying to say. IMO It makes you look extremely uneducated. I am not talking about the occassional typo but the posts that you need a secret decoder ring just to decipher what the person is trying to say. Reading some of these "texting" posts makes me scared for the future of the english language. Do you do your school assigments writing like that?
Sorry this has been bugging me lately, so i figured I would put it out there and get it off my chest.
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posted 10:35pm, Apr 23, 2008
Pleasemama, I have been wondering this myself, and I am glad you posted it.
~I child proofed my house, but they STILL get in~
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posted 10:39pm, Apr 23, 2008
Don't get me wrong. There are some teens that have been posting here for a while that are able to conduct themselves in an intelligent way and don't really participate in things that aren't appropriate for thier age. But come on there was a 13 year old on here recently who had "SEX" as one of her hobbies. To me that is just downright scary. Posting stuff like that is like inviting dateline to do an expose' on them and is trouble waiting to happen.
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posted 10:42pm, Apr 23, 2008
WiEdMC_JKB once you hit 18 you are considered an adult. I am talking about the ones that are in Jr. high and high school.
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posted 10:03am, Apr 24, 2008
Thank you pleasemama. I am getting tired of scrolling through some of their posts to get to something meaningful and relevant. I usually just ignore this. Let's hope they'll go away.
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posted 10:15am, Apr 24, 2008
I actually have no problem with a younger crowd or girls on this site. Maybe they just want some insight on certain things. They might not get answers at home. If something seems inappropriate, I think we should be the adults and ignore it. But, if we can help and give good advice, I think we might lead some girls in the right direction. Just maybe.
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posted 10:22am, Apr 24, 2008
I agree Pleasemama, I just don't understand why they would even want to be here? What is the attraction of listening to a bunch of moms talk (and sometimes complain) about their children and spouses. Just not gettin' it.
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posted 10:37am, Apr 24, 2008
I was just going to post this yesterday but figured that I would get B*tched out and everyone including moms would think I was being rude. Im glad you posted this becuase I feel exactly the same way.
And to wIfEdMC_JKB if you are 19 then why did you write this in the Whats your best feature Post?
haha slipknot...ya I would say my lil booty is cute...I have realy matured early for my age..I'm only 15 and wearing a D cup. Normal? Well my mother weard a D also. She matured early also.
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posted 4:05pm, Apr 24, 2008
Chelsea, we werent talking about you or kelsey(aka future fashion designer) You guys actually type things that make sense where as some of the new kids just talk a bunch of jibberish and dont even post things that amount to anything. some will just say yeah I agree with so and so. or dont worry about it they are jsut dumb. and you know thats not what we are here to hear. We are actually really looking for advise and I have noticed alot of moms arent posting anymore and I think it has alot to do with this.
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posted 4:55pm, Apr 24, 2008
I know my teens wouldn't come near a site like this because it is too "momish", but I don't really mind the intelligible teens on his board because they've really helped me out from time to time with understanding things my teens do. It's refreshing and I feel better about the future when I read some of the post sassy shopper and future fashion designer have to say. But I do agree about the site becoming too Myspace. I can't stand to be reading a post, scrolling down then get see bad English, vulgar language and such. It's not why I come to this site. Hopefully, it will be like trolls and go soon when they get bored.
I have noticed this too, though had not thought about it that way. Sadly I think alot of parents don't pay attention to what their kids are doing.