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I'm a vegan. I like glam rock and androgynous males. I have two cats. they're mystical beings. I'm going to college in less than a month.

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I have a 12 year-old sister. I made her a myspace a while back and made it private. She didnt know how to do anything on myspace. Well now shes almost 13 and she is completely addicted to myspace. More addicted to it then anyone of us i bet. She has atleast 5 myspaces of famous people that she made and is pretending to be them and telling everyone she is&& she talks to every single one of the people that Message her. I have told her manny times that she will end up talking to the Wrong person&& he will seriously hurt her.I told her that she has to be atleast 16 to be able to have a myspace and talk to people that are not her friends. She doesnt care. I have blocked myspace && she found away around it. I have told my parents and they tell her not to get on it. She pretty much tells them im not or screw off. She has no respect for anybody in my family and moesnt care what anyone tells her. Myspace has caused her to spend endless hours on the computer. SHe is on from the Second she wakes up to the second she goes to bed. And she will pretend to go to bed and then when everyone in the house is a sleep she will wake up and get on the computer. No matter the time of day. We have a password on the computer but she found it out By watching what my dad typed in.

Im sorry this is long but she needs help.

Please dont just say talk to herand tellher what will happen if she talks to the wrong person. Again she doesnt care.

&& if i tell my parents that she wakes up and gets on she will say no i don't even tho they believe me she doesnt get into any trouble. We usedto have this rule only 30 minutes on the computer at a time but she doesnt go by it but if say i was on the computer and she wanted on she would say kim you have been on for 30 minutes your turn is over.

Yea not cool.

Any answers or advice is wonderful.

talk to your parents again. if they don't need to use the computer when they're home ask them if it would be alright to get rid of it for some time. viruses, hard-disc failure, etc. are all good excuses to give your sister for the computer being gone. you can also talk to your parents about sending her to a camp without modern conveniences or going on vacation to somewhere fun or enrolling her in summer classes. she's going onto myspace because she has nothing better to do. once you create an outlet that's more fun than myspace she'll stop and do the more interesting activity, but it'll take time and drastic measures.

edited with more information in the feedback: discuss your concern with your parents and explain to them that your sister absolutely must go and do something outside the house and away from the computer. moving the computer to a room that can be locked by your parents during the day and opened for a half-hour every night for your sister's use or having your parents use public computers for their classes are both viable options. YOU, as well, need to set a good example by using less of the computer for a little while and encouraging her to take up a hobby (which you'll take up first). do something together.

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(Rating: 4) We don't live in a box there is so much too do. she just choices to spend her life on the computer. Sending her to a camp isnt really a choice she wouldnt go. And my parents take online college courses. Thank you ill try and find something that will catch her interest tho.
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