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Mum wont trust me with facebook or skype or anything like that?

• ok so i once had facebook and skype without my mum knowing coz i thought she wouldn't find out, but eventually she did and she got rlly mad. i have had fights with my old friends all the time on like msn messenger and emails and stuff like that, but now she wont let me get facebook or skype. she doesnt understand that i have new friends who are way less bitchy and i like never have fights with them no matter how many times i explain it to her. she also thinks its a distraction from my school work, even though im only in yr eight and im doing well at school, like getting 80% to 100% in my tests and assignments, so i dont gget it why she has to be so overprotective. i really want it coz all my friends have it and they dont like texting or calling coz it wastes credit so i can never talk to them apart from face to face. plzzz tell me why if theres any mothers out there who know why she is doing this to me, thanks xx

• Answer:

  Hello krissy.love. Actually, you couldn't blame your mom for being overprotective. There are many thing that might happen to a young girl like you if you will be using the Internet at your own will. One of these threats is cyberbullying--with the Megan Meier case (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Megan_Meier) as one of the most popular cases exemplifying what cyber bullies could do. Aside from this, there are a lot of sexual offenders who are victimizing kids who go online. These are just two reasons of why parents do not allow their kids to join social networking sites and have personal email addresses/chat accounts without the parents' permissions. They just want you to be safe. But if you think you really need to connect with your friends online, what you can do is to tell your mother that you are missing out on a lot of things involving your social life by not having a personal account in social networking sites and the like. Tell her that you are willing to surrender your email/username and password so that she will be able to monitor your activities online. You and your mother should meet halfway. With that, you will have better chances at getting your own Facebook or Skype account. I hope I was able to answer your question. Have a nice day.