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    A friend of mine on FB recently allowed her 13 y.o. daughter to get a FB account of her own. This mom was shocked at what kids were saying and the lack of privacy controls.

    I performed a little search of DS1's peers. Honestly, FB wasn't that bad. What was VERY enlightening, however, was instagram. Kids are letting it all hang out there. Parents think that they are being safe by checking FB convos, but instagram is where it is at in this town. My own little angel had an account. His wasn't too bad, but I was dismayed that there were no privacy controls. We went through the pictures and corresponding commentary and talked about what our pastor, a college recruiter, or his principal would say. We ended up removing a few photos because of innappropriate comments by his followers. I was SHOCKED what other 13 y.o.s put out there.

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    It's all instagram here as well. That's where the MS kids live. Facebook has become more of a place for kids to communicate with adults (same with Twitter). The kid on kid action is on instagram....
    Angie
    Gyn-Onc fellowship survivor - 10 years out of the training years; reluctant suburbanite
    Mom to DS (18) and DD (15) (and many many pets)

    "Where are we going - and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

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    • #3
      BTW--- here, we had a girl bullying on instagram by writing up lists, mean comments etc. and then posting them as a photo. Not searchable by any search engine so it's an interesting animal, communicating in writing through photographs.
      Angie
      Gyn-Onc fellowship survivor - 10 years out of the training years; reluctant suburbanite
      Mom to DS (18) and DD (15) (and many many pets)

      "Where are we going - and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

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      • #4
        Yup. I'm on Instagram and you can make your account private, but I'm shocked how most people have their Instagrams open. I also could not believe what DH's 13 year old nephew was posting but.... DH's dumbass brother responded to the posts so clearly he's ok with completely inappropriate behavior and won't mind being a grandfather in his 30's...

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        • #5
          Locking my kids away until they're 30! Carry on!
          Wife to NSG out of training, mom to 2, 10 & 8, and a beagle with wings.

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          • #6
            And Instagram is definitely the new Facebook. Most of my younger cousins don't even post on FB anymore. I think moms and old people have taken over it lol.

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            • #7
              I'm not on Instagram so I have friends and two of my friends' high schoolers monitoring their accounts. There's only been one incident so far and one of the high schoolers alerted us and it was taken care of quickly. I do log into their accounts so they know not to do anything they don't want me to see.
              Veronica
              Mother of two ballerinas and one wild boy

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              • #8
                I joined instagram so early on...and lost interest. I have known for quite awhile that it is what teens primarily use for social networking. ITA w/the extreme stupidity & lack of judgement!

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                • #9
                  I just asked DD1 if she was ever on Instagram because I've never seen it in any if her emails, and she said, "OMG, that website is so annoying. It's just a bunch of kids with pictures of themselves taken with weird filters. It's dumb."

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                  • #10
                    For a laugh, please google "instagram nickelback parody". I can't post the link from my phone but it's hilarious.
                    Married to a Urology Attending! (that is an understated exclamation point)
                    Mama to C (Jan 2012), D (Nov 2013), and R (April 2016). Consulting and homeschooling are my day jobs.

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                    • #11
                      Yes, that's hilarious! My 13 year old also thinks it's dumb - but she's crafting a very high 'falutin rep for herself by shunning social media, listening to classical music and sipping tea. Clearly, hitting instagram would not fit in to her chosen persona!
                      Angie
                      Gyn-Onc fellowship survivor - 10 years out of the training years; reluctant suburbanite
                      Mom to DS (18) and DD (15) (and many many pets)

                      "Where are we going - and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

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                      • #12
                        Instagram is big with my 11year old. Most if the kids have iPod touches. I had to check in on her after seeing this thread. Her profile is private. Also, all my girls are on an electronic hiatus so there won't be any foul play anytime soon.
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                        • #13
                          Dd18, ds16, dd10 and I all have Instagram. DS doesn't really use it at all. Honestly Twitter is where it's at, Facebook is old news, lol.
                          Tara
                          Married 20 years to MD/PhD in year 3 of MFM fellowship. SAHM to five wonderful children (#6 due in August), a sweet GSD named Bella, a black lab named Toby, and 1 guinea pig.

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                          • #14
                            I'm on Instagram but don't post often. We've had two school scandals here with Instagram. One kid posting pictures of vandalism in town (implied it was his work) and another posting a picture of a airsoft gun that got reported to the police. Oy vey.

                            Our school is pushing Twitter to all the kids and parents. They put out all their info through Twitter and even bribe parents to follow them by promising to announce things like Honor Roll and snow days there first. With all the parents and principals and policemen crawling all over it, i's only a matter of time until Twitter is uncool too! Honestly, I see Twitter as more of a news network than a social scene. With the Israeli military announcing their missile strikes there and the police from the mall shooting using twitter to release updates, it's kind of taking over conventional news. When my husband's plane was grounded recently, that was the only place I got the full story (fire at the NJ air traffic control center) and news reports were tweeting out requests for info from users on the scene of the fire and in airports. They would then cobble them together in to an AP release. Wave of the future, I think, in news.
                            Angie
                            Gyn-Onc fellowship survivor - 10 years out of the training years; reluctant suburbanite
                            Mom to DS (18) and DD (15) (and many many pets)

                            "Where are we going - and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

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                            • #15
                              A question for the parents of tweens and teens: to what extent do you monitor your kids' social media activity? I can barely keep up with my own limited involvement. I can't imagine having to police the activity of others (although I understand that it can be necessary). Is this just part of being a parent these days? Clearly I'm not at that stage yet!

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