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i submitted this question once already but it like didn't go through so i fixed it up a bit..
alright well..
one of my friends has very strict parents. so they were looking at her search history and found her myspace. they also found mine.
i'm not aloud to have a myspace. my parents made it very clear that if i had one, i'd be in deep trouble. i wouldnt be allowed on the computer for a long time and when i am allowed to my parents would watch my every move. so on AIM, i cant talk to anyone about private stuff.
i deleted my account already but i dont know what to do. my friends dad said hes going to tell my parents. her dad is going to say he saw it a few days ago so there's no hiding that i actually did have one.
i really don't know what to do. i don't want to get in trouble and loose my computer rights. last resort would be to come clean but i don't want to have to do that. i need to get out of this situation. i really need help, and FAST!! please, does anyone have any advice?
thank you sooooooooooooooo much. you dont know how incredibly bad i need advice. (link)
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wow that really sucks. how old are you? well im 13 and alot of kids i know are in the same situation. uh.. alot of other people are telling you to come clean. i guess you'll have to eventually do that. trust me it would be better for you to tell your parents than for your friend's dad to. but i'll say these things to help you not feel so bad about yourself. first of all, your friend's dad should mind his own business.. he doesnt have to tell every bodies parents that other kids are using myspace when they arent supposed to. also, its not that bad to do it.. i mean alot of people like myspace. you have to be a complete airhead to go tell some guy you dont know that your going to meet them. my best advice is to make your thing private, and ONLY accept people to your friends list if you know them. yes dont add bands too.. because molesters could make them and then they track where you are. i mean you may not say where you live or anything, or your name, but your friends do in their comments. and one friend saying "hey wanna meet up on saturday at ____ mall" and since the molester already has your picture, he'll go there and kill you. its actually happened before and a molester got the girl and killed her. he got in jail, duh but your still dead after that. thats why alot of parents are concerned. bottom line, dont add anyone to your list that you dont know, and dont put out personal info. tell your friends not to put in comments not too personal info either, like the location you live in, and dont write your age either. say that your like 99 years old, and live in like Togo. or take down your picture and put a cute myspace icon you like. so.. yeah. i think alot of parents overreact with the myspace thing. its not terribly bad.. i mean in my opinion i think its okay to go on myspace from when your in... like 6th grade and up. some kids start in 5th grade.. but it really depends on your maturity and how smart you are not to like leak personal things and talk to strangers. i know how you feel.. well my parents feel the same about myspace, but i deleted mine cause it got way too addicting!! (luckily i didnt get caught on it before, but i also didnt put a picture of myself in my profile, and my profile was private.) spend time doing other things.. talk to your friends on AIM (its ok to talk to people you dont know on AIM btw, just dont leak personal info, like your full name, where you live, stuff like that.) and call them on your home phone or cell if you have one. thats pretty much all i can say... good luck! :)
oh, and try searching up how to like protect yourself on the internet through google. and then print out all this stuff and tell your parents that you understand what its saying, and try to explain that myspace isnt really that bad if its used the right way. maybe that will soften them up.. a little. because its really harsh and stupid for parents to look over your shoulder all the time... they get a little paranoid because they think you may not know what to do in a certain situation and then like do something that could end up with you getting abused, or worse. the internet can be a bad thing too.. so dont take it lightly. you may not see the big deal, but your parents do, a whole lot. well it depends on the parent.. but with your parents, like.. just try to make them not get so overwhelmed about it... ha.
i asked this already, but how old are you? OH and you and your friend should delete the history about myspace, after using it. so your parents wont ever find it, if you still wanna use it. =] delete it off your computer too before your parents go searching through it too, and delete your account, and make a new one. tell some of your friends with parents like yours and your friends who search history to clear theirs too, so nobody will get caught.
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