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Kat397 · 28/07/2013 19:23

My 10 year old son has recently attended a summer camp where he is going to secondary school. He has met new friends which includes a girl. He asked could he take his mobile, to get some numbers of his new friends and take some photos and I said yes. I do talk to him a lot about Internet safety and that sort of thing so I feel comfortable with him using iPads, phones etc and I always check and monitor what he is doing. However when checking his phone I found a message from a girl who is a yeah older than my son which was sexually explicit. My son did reply to this message but not really saying much apart "no". I asked my son who she was and we had a good chat about it and asked him to delete her from his phone, which he did. However a day later I found he was trying to get her telephone number and trying other ways to contact her, like BBM and snapchat. I wasn't happy and he now has had all devices and no computer for a week. What can I do to teach him that this isn't right and this girl is far to young herself to be sending these sort if messages? I know that when he goes to secondary school he will come across all sorts, but I scared for him and I want to do the right thing without getting mad. Many thanks x

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VBisme · 28/07/2013 19:27

An 11 year old girl sending sexually explicit texts? I'm not suprised you're concerned. Was it clear that she understood what she was saying?

Kat397 · 28/07/2013 19:34

I'm not sure, it was a message that started like " send 1 for a kiss, 2 for a cuddle and so on with much more explicit requests.

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VBisme · 28/07/2013 19:40

Well he responded appropriately to her first message, but I can see why you'd be worried about him staying in contact with her.

Just talk to him, explain why it is inappropriate (I expect he's learnt a lot more in the school yard than you think), and keep the lines of communication open.

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