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myspace/convincing mom
ive had a myspace before, but then my mom somehow found out about it, went through my history and made me delete it, so i did. then a few months later, i got one again. i figured if i deleted my history there would be no way shed find out. until my friend accidentally slipped and i had to delete it again.
my mom doesnt like myspace because of all the stuff that happens on it, like rapists and crap. i told her i could make it private and no one could see it, but she was like no i dont care, i still dont like myspace. basically, shes punishing me for what other people do. ive tried explaining that to her, but she wont listen. any ideas on how to convince her to let me have one?
thanks in advance :]
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Show her the site & let her see that it's not all pedophiles & rapists. Tell her that you only add people you know, ie: friends from school, friends you've known for life, family members, etc. The only person you don't know are music artists. And they're not there to rape you. They're there to provide music for your profile. Let her know that you're not gonna do anything stupid on there & whatnot. And of course, keep your MySpace private.
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Hey whats up? Since your mom seems not to agree at all about the myspace idea, and to avoid going through all the trouble of deleting the history and worrying if she would know that you used myspace or not. Maybe you could just register on another website, like hi5 or zebo or mygreengroup and send freind requests to everyone you had on myspace, and it would be the same, cause all of these websites have the same options and stuff. Although i do have to admit that myspace is kind of better. But trust me, if you go with my suggestion, it would be much better for you.
And i suggested this, because i think its really hard to convince her, because mom's are usually stubborn and bull headed ,thinking that in this way, they are protecting you. lol.
Think of what i said, and if you need any other help, please be free to contact me. Take care.
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As Imperialistic said, show her around the site. You've already told her you can make it private, but tell her exactly what that means. Agree to only add people that you know, or people from your school. Show her how everything works, promise to be safe with it and KEEP that promise. Compromise with her and let her check and see who your friends are and what you're doing on there if she insists. If she still says no, I don't know what to tell you. Sorry.
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Open up the privacy settings and select it so that only your friends can see your profile.
Walk her through the entire site so she understands more about it and maybe she won't discriminate when she realizes that you can make it pretty safe.
If that fails, try facebook. It's newer to the population but has tons of security settings.
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I don't see that she is so much punishing you as much as she is trying to protect you. Feel lucky- many kids out there don't have parents who care about them in such matters.
My suggestion? Respect her for it. I know you don't like it, but she's just looking out for you, weather you can make it private or not.
I would not suggest to continue hiding it from her, either. If she were to find out you were going there behind her back, she may just yank your computer out of the wall, throw it in the driveway, and back over it repeatedly. I know MY mother would.
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Tell her that she can have your password and full access.
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