Re: Another Messed up Story
I don't have any children as of yet but I am extremely close with the children in my family they stay with me and my gf for extended amounts of time and I also babysit short term regularly.
It is all about monitoring and regulation IMHO if you know your child looks atthings and they can't grasp the concept they should be taking away from it then it is the parents job to step in and step up and make sure that the child isn't being exposed to something they aren't ready for. But at the same time simply keeping them from doing any and everything is in essence wrapping the world in bubble wrap they will never learn that way and when they do get exposed it will be such a shock to the system that extreme reaction could occur.
My 13 y/o cousin has been diagnosed with bi-polar disorder and is medicated and she keeps a myspace and she checks it regularly but guess who else checks it? I do, my gf does and her mother and father. Almost every time she logs in somebody is checking up right behind her not overbearing, but just to make sure she isn't getting in too deep.
Myspace has its evils just like alot of other media applications such as Tv, video games, etc. but it is very useful my cousin (13 y/o) keeps in touch with her other family members on it and most of her friends at the schools and activities she attended and I see no harm in it as long as it is kept in regulation.
So the girl having psychiatric issues has nothing to do with anything besides the fact it may be easier to push to the breaking point than the avg teen. But blocking a teen from anything and everything regardless of the mental situation doesn't make it any better.
I don't have any children as of yet but I am extremely close with the children in my family they stay with me and my gf for extended amounts of time and I also babysit short term regularly.
It is all about monitoring and regulation IMHO if you know your child looks atthings and they can't grasp the concept they should be taking away from it then it is the parents job to step in and step up and make sure that the child isn't being exposed to something they aren't ready for. But at the same time simply keeping them from doing any and everything is in essence wrapping the world in bubble wrap they will never learn that way and when they do get exposed it will be such a shock to the system that extreme reaction could occur.
My 13 y/o cousin has been diagnosed with bi-polar disorder and is medicated and she keeps a myspace and she checks it regularly but guess who else checks it? I do, my gf does and her mother and father. Almost every time she logs in somebody is checking up right behind her not overbearing, but just to make sure she isn't getting in too deep.
Myspace has its evils just like alot of other media applications such as Tv, video games, etc. but it is very useful my cousin (13 y/o) keeps in touch with her other family members on it and most of her friends at the schools and activities she attended and I see no harm in it as long as it is kept in regulation.
So the girl having psychiatric issues has nothing to do with anything besides the fact it may be easier to push to the breaking point than the avg teen. But blocking a teen from anything and everything regardless of the mental situation doesn't make it any better.
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