This was a rough battle with my girls, but my boys have shown zero interest

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May 1, 2023
4:50:15pm

Turnpike Lane Intervention Needed

This was a rough battle with my girls, but my boys have shown zero interest

So so many arguments with my daughters over this stuff when they were teens. Once they graduted high school ,it was open season, but we regulated prior to that to try to help them navigate it and adopt some impulse control. Didn't always work.

Exactly zero issues with my boys. Oldest boy is 17 and a junior and doesn't want it. Next is 14 and so far has zero interest in it Feel so fortunate so far.

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Turnpike Lane

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My daughter just texted me to ask how I feel about her getting snapchat when she turns 16 later this month. My response:

jacobugath INSUFFERABLE KNOW IT ALL

5/1/23 4:19pm

That'll be a big fat nope from me.

theOnceler

5/1/23 4:21pm

Don’t do it. No need to have it at all.

TempeCoug

5/1/23 4:21pm

Stick to your guns no matter how much weeping & wailing or "I love you, Dad" daughter eyes.

Soupie

5/1/23 4:23pm

Not a chance

Dark Forest Green

5/1/23 4:23pm

Meh, my kids have it and i know who they are sending to, and i manage their privacy settings.

RSL

5/1/23 4:25pm

Have them show you their personal photo section. I dare you.

Dr MoBYU

5/1/23 4:27pm

I open it without warning all the time. They know that violations result in privilege removal.

RSL

5/1/23 4:29pm

You look in their my eyes only?

Dr MoBYU

5/1/23 4:31pm

I have their passcodes and check that and their stories, saved photos, etc.

RSL

5/1/23 4:33pm

Do you check “my eyes only” it’s somewhat hidden and requires a PIN

Dr MoBYU

5/1/23 4:34pm

Yes. That's why I said i know their passcodes

RSL

5/1/23 4:35pm

Yes. There’s a passcode to get into snap then there’s a PIN for “my eyes only”

Dr MoBYU

5/1/23 5:21pm

My man, this is the third time I'm telling you that i have and do look at that frequently

RSL

5/1/23 5:26pm

BuT dO yOu LoOk At It?

TheWanderer

5/1/23 5:28pm

He wants you to admit that you have found porn

IBC

5/1/23 6:44pm

Pretty strange he keeps encouraging you to look in what he calls “the greatest repository of child porn in the world.”

scootsy

5/1/23 6:53pm

It’s called “My Eyes Only”. Yeah—it’s world’s largest repository of child porn.

Dr MoBYU

5/1/23 4:31pm

If I had a dollar for every time I've heard this and they were wrong . . .

BYU-Ite

5/1/23 4:33pm

Trust my kids until they break it. Then privileges removed.

RSL

5/1/23 4:37pm

May have this parenting thing backwards. Job is to be suspicious of everything until trust is earned.

Soupie

5/1/23 4:40pm

I do agree that we probably parent differently.

RSL

5/1/23 4:55pm

You’d have a buck or two?

Tokolosh

5/1/23 4:37pm

I don't even want my kids to have social media until they're out of high school

jhingman

5/1/23 4:26pm

I have 3 kids with phones and one is a senior in HS and the only social media

TempeCoug

5/1/23 4:31pm

I’m on the same boat. I feel that

Jimmertime

5/1/23 4:40pm

So far we are that extreme. No social media allowed. I will hear her out and lay out why the answer is still no.

jacobugath

5/1/23 4:41pm

We would rather our kids make mistakes while they are still at home and have our

crack

5/1/23 4:48pm

Practice?? The idea is that it never becomes a huge part of their life

Jimmertime

5/1/23 4:53pm

Why did you leave us for 2 years? I missed you.

TCuz

5/1/23 4:54pm

Just had to be gone. Took a break. May need to again soon lol

Jimmertime

5/1/23 4:58pm

There are some areas social media isn't unavoidable. For example, my son is

crack

5/2/23 11:32am

Well that sounds like it is avoidable but it just hard to avoid but I get what

Jimmertime

5/2/23 11:41am

Show them this chart

Cougarclaw

5/1/23 4:36pm

I think I’d feel pretty good that she asked me. Good job dad.

Tare

5/1/23 4:37pm

I thinks it’s because he has control of her phone

Jimmertime

5/1/23 4:40pm

Not gonna happen. Sorry but my kids are gonna be organically raised

Jimmertime

5/1/23 4:37pm

I have five kids. None of them get social media. My oldest is 23 and told me

BYU-Ite

5/1/23 4:41pm

Thank you for this. It’s inspirational.

Jimmertime

5/1/23 4:43pm

This was a rough battle with my girls, but my boys have shown zero interest

5/1/23 4:50pm

With a side order of depression, anxiety and diminishing self-worth

TheLoanArranger

5/1/23 4:57pm

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