she was 14 today. i have just gone through her 'friends' list on FB and hit the roof.
before she got FB we had a long conversation about safety and having some rules, and i insisted that she have me as a friend.
today, she got hundreds of birthday messages. so i began to go through them, then her friends list with growing alarm.
one bloke in Germany has wished her a happy 14th birthday, his profile picture is of a man clearly in his 20's stood naked in front of a mirror.
another 'friend' doesnt even speak english.
she has gone to bed, i am angry and i now realise i should have been far stricter with this. She thinks im just scare mongering but in my job i see FB causing no end of problems, i really thought she had more sense.
i have told her that tomorrow she sits with me and goes though her friends list and she deletes absolutely anyone she does not know in person.
its that or i just ban it altogether.
would you let your 14 have FB? she uses it alot after school etc, she goes to a school out of the neighbourhood so her friends are scattered far and wide, though she does go out with them into town and for lunch etc every weekend.
im wondering if it would be unreasonable to shut it down until she proves she has some sense of internet safety?