I admit, things were a little easier in terms of keeping a half-eye on online safety when the family desktop computer was in the living room, rather than in a pocket (my daughter is 28), but I still respected her privacy and made sure she had access to safe/accurate avenues for curiosity and exploration (like Scarleteen), but we also had CONVERSATIONS and just normalized talking about this stuff and not making any of it a big forbidden topic.
Amusingly enough, given where I’m typing this, the fact that we’re both addicted to advice columns was REALLY HELPFUL — we could critique bad advice and discuss good advice and pick over the problems people posted, and discuss healthy ways of interacting, without it hitting super close to home in terms of pushing her privacy boundaries about her own feelings/relationships.
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I admit, things were a little easier in terms of keeping a half-eye on online safety when the family desktop computer was in the living room, rather than in a pocket (my daughter is 28), but I still respected her privacy and made sure she had access to safe/accurate avenues for curiosity and exploration (like Scarleteen), but we also had CONVERSATIONS and just normalized talking about this stuff and not making any of it a big forbidden topic.
Amusingly enough, given where I’m typing this, the fact that we’re both addicted to advice columns was REALLY HELPFUL — we could critique bad advice and discuss good advice and pick over the problems people posted, and discuss healthy ways of interacting, without it hitting super close to home in terms of pushing her privacy boundaries about her own feelings/relationships.