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we treat her like a child?!?
My sister is 13. This entire summer she hasnt gone to any of here friends house or even have them come over our house. But before the summer she had friends over every single weekend. she hasnt gone anywhere with the family either.
She spends every second of her day on the computer Seriously. Myspace to be exact. She has ten different myspaces && they are all of famous people from the disney channel. && she talks to people on there like she knows them in person. She has over 700 friends on each one. && she talks to every single one of them. I made me a fake myspace && made it so i was a famous person from disney && she even talks to me. but she doesnt know its me. And im not telling her.
My sister stays up till 430 - 530 in the morning. && then she goes to bed && sleeps till noon then gets straight on the computer. Yesterday morning my dad came downstairs and saw her on the computer. && told her to get to bed now. She got aggravated && yelled at him saying quit treating me like a damn child. She came in my room because i had to work & she goes why do you guys not let me stay on the computer & why do i have to get the computer right now? Its the summer and i should be able to spend all day on the computer.
Today our aol is not working && she is flipping out & yelling at everyone telling us that we better fix the computer before we go to bed. I have my own computer && my own cable box so i can use the computer. She is telling me that if she cant use the family computer i can't use my computer & that i better let her use mine if the family somputer doesnt start working.
My question is How do i get her off the computer && how is telling her to go to bed at 430 in the morning treating her like a child?
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Do not tell me to block myspace & make a password on the computer. we already have blocked & put parental control on the computer. We have a password on the computer.
Dont tell me to warn her that school is starting in two weeks && she is going to have trouble waking up when school starts. She doesnt care.
&& she has plenty of friends But alot of them dont have internet access so she doesnt go over their houses.
Any help would be wonerful
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haha, your sister sounds like me, but im not that bad. Try telling her shes going to get fat if she stays on the computer the whole summer. To get her off of myspace pretend to be that person and threaten her or something be like i know where you live and im going to get you at 9:00 pm tonight. But thats kind of mean. Try to get her interested in something new. Pretend to like something, you are her older sister and she looks up to you so if you start getting into something and let her do it to maybe she will stop being on the computer so much. Oh and since she is 13 report her to tom and he can kick her off since you have to be 14.
hope i helped =]
Jess
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She's seriously addicted. Your family shouldn't let her on the computer for so long. I know there's devices that shut down a computer after a set amount of time, which may be very helpful for your sister.
Also, did something happen within the family when summer started? She could be stressed out or worried about something, and MySpace may be her only outlet. Try talking to her. Make a sincere effort to include her in some of your plans. Go out as a family, have a good time together. Make her realize that you care about her, and that there are REAL people to socialize with, not just MySpace friends.
(but don't forbid her from MySpace entirely, just have her cut back a little) And make sure she knows that you and your family are always available to talk if she has a problem.
If all else fails, reality will hit her like a ton of bricks when school starts. She'll learn her lesson one way or the other. I'm sure its just a phase.
good luck! =]
EDIT: Have you tried going somewhere she likes? Maybe the mall or a really nice clothing store?
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wow. ummm...i would suggest telling her she needs to do other things than that or otherwise she won't be able to enjoy life like she should and that she doesn't know who she's talking to online and she may get in trouble, Hope I helped.
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I think you should leave her alone. It is her problem and she will learn once school starts and she comes home insanely tired. As for myspace don't worry she will grow tired of it we all do
The only issue you both have is you are doing something illegal and something that is against myspace terms. You are not aloud to act like a celebrity or even make a celebrity fan site without written permission for the person you are making it of.
She is still young and she isn't going to listen to anything you have to say about her being on the computer so there isn't anything you can really do. But maybe you can persuade her to get onto a better site than myspace
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look,im 14 and also have a 13 yr old sis
i really dont know how your family acts towards your sister but it seems like as if something is wrong with her and her relationship with the family. so try to get your mom or an older sister to talk to her since they r girls and will understand each other. i know cuz my sis was also kinda like that so she talked to my mom and she straighteened out somehow.
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