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autistic child unsafe online

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Mayyflowers · 28/01/2022 20:14

I had banned my tween with autism from the internet last year for talking to strangers, giving out passwords to online accounts (that we had payed for!) including her passwords for other things. She was also bullied in places like animal jam where you can talk publicly to anyone which she got very upset about. She knew the rules and why they're important but chose to repeatedly ignore them and didn't learn from the natural consequences of her actions.

Why is she repeatedly making the same mistakes despite it harming her wellbeing? Why hasn't she learning from this like other kids have?

I want to let her have access but safely. I really don't want to have to sit there for an hour a day watching her every move.

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Willdoitlater · 29/01/2022 08:10

Could it be that she did learn the lesson, but cannot stand up to coertion/persuasion from others nevertheless. Some autistic people just cannot stand up to strong personalities. They can be infuriatingly gullible, falling for the same scam more than once. Except they don't exactly fall for it...they just don't feel able to put the phone down or just say no etc. Sorry, that isn't a solution, but it might help you understand, she's perhaps not doing it on purpose or carelessly.

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