Has anyone ever looked at some of the answers on here and thanked the lord they were eighteen and over?

Granted I am not saying there should be no rules. But when I hear tha parents proudly monitor myspaces, facebooks, phonecalls, aim messages, etc. Or restrict shows like family guy from their children it makes me glad my parents were NEVER like that. I was given freedom and im proud to say it raised me to be a MATURE adult. Not some naive idiot who doesn't understand the world.

Has anyone ever looked at some of the answers on here and thanked the lord they were eighteen and over?
Damn straight I monitor my son's email, etc. Have you read the newspaper lately? Oh, and for you to say "**** that" doesn't show much maturity.
Reply:my parents let me do pretty much anything and im a pretty good teenager, as for my IM i know they can read them, but i dont know if they acctually do, i think they acctually trust me.
Reply:If my children were showing peculiar behavior I would monitor things too. But here's the kicker: they wouldn't even know. Once I know everything is fine, I won't look anymore. Teaching is something I aim to do with my children, but I have every right to check things out if my children are acting strange.





Your behavior shows that you aren't really a mature adult yet. Being over 18 does not warrant those types of things. It's just really none of your business how the rest of us parent our children. I'm sure my kids will not be naive idiots and who are you to say that those of us who are willing to take an extra step in caring for our children will raise naive idiots. A double check every now and then is not wrong. And a 10 year old watching family guy is. Maybe at 15 they can understand, but until they can show some understanding for certain types of things, tv and internet needs to be monitored. When you have kids, maybe then you will understand. Maybe when you are a little older too.
Reply:I am sorry to hear that your parents were not more protective of you, Amy. That's unfortunate- but perhaps, since you grew up in a different world than today's kids do, your parents could afford to be a bit less restrictive. Today's parents are smart to monitor their kids' phone and internet access- there are LOTS of cyber predators out there these days. Myspace and Facebook are the two most popular websites for cyberpedophiles, in fact- largely because no real effort is ever made to monitor them and protect the kids who use them. The result of this has been some serious and totally preventable tragedies involving kids who got raped, murdered, or kidnapped by men they met online who pretended to be teenagers. Restricting a kid's access to such sites does not mean that the child will grow up to be a naive idiot, Amy- on the contrary, it means that the parents are serious about keeping the child safe.





"Family Guy" is an example of TRASH TV, just like " Married...with children" was a decade or so ago. Have you ever really listened to how the characters on that show talk? Every second word is either profane or sexually explicit in some way. If you were a parent with young children at home, would YOU want them to be exposed to that kind of language? I wouldn't- and I know that my sister and brother, who both have kids, wouldn't either. That's why my nephews are NOT allowed to watch or listen to such garbage. Obviously, my brother and sister are smart enough to realize that exposing their kids to that crap is going to do them no good, and it could lead to behavior and discipline problems down the road, as the boys might try to act out or imitate what they see or hear on TV.





I am glad I am an adult, yes, but I WASN'T raised with computers,ipods, or Myspace and Facebook either- mainly because when I was growing up, they DIDN'T EXIST YET. DOES THAT MAKE ME A NAIVE IDIOT, AMY? Excuse me, but I TAKE LEAVE TO DOUBT THAT. Just because I was raised in the 70's and 80's, before the invention of the internet and the web, and of cell phones, ipods, blackberries, digital video games, DVD's, and the like, DOESN'T mean I am naive or an IDIOT. I have seen a lot more of history than you have, Amy, because I have been ALIVE a lot longer. Were you ALIVE when Armstrong landed on the moon? I WAS- I was 6 years old, in fact. I remember watching the moon landing on television in the gym at the local school, because my mother wouldn't allow television in the house until I was 9 years old !!! My lack of early exposure to TV didn't hurt me a bit- I am a stronger person because of it. I never even SAW a computer until I was in high school- and at that time, the only people allowed to use the computers there were seniors and kids who were going to study computer programming in college. Did that make me naive? HARDLY !! The most popular "toy" for teens when I was growing up was the Walkman- it was like today's ipods are. Every teenager had to have one- it was considered gauche not to. And here you are, less than 20 years later, proclaiming that anyone whose parents cared enough about their safety to restrict their computer and phone use is a naive idiot. Well, you have LOT TO LEARN about life and about the world yourself, Amy.





How about an apology to me and to the other members here whom I know you have offended with your remark?
Reply:Yes, I'm glad I'm over eighteen....
Reply:no over 18 but I am 18 years old
Reply:YES - you are so right
Reply:i like being under 18-means im not OLD.


and besides, parents can be idiots sometimes. my parents trust me-and rightly so.


im not dumb enough to let some weirdo on the internet ask me out or some guy pretending to be 14 (i actually met a guy like that).


i agree there are dumbasses her but a lot of ppl here are smart too.
Reply:Yeah ..I have been over 18 for 3 years.
Reply:is this a question, Im 17 and come here to get answers and help people?! You dont have to be 18 or older to get on here?!
Reply:Im under 18 but luckily my parents arnt like that :L


I do feel sorry kids who parents are like that aha


And i agree with vixxy...


If you think about it... you do have to be REALLY stupid to go and meet some you/anyone you know doesnt know aha
Reply:i dint think it matters how your brought up really as long as your happy becoz 1) u dnt know any different so it doesn't affect u 2) you become your own person eventually and not everything your parents do makes you who you are 3) if people are protective ver there kids its there choice and thats what provides a mixture of personalitys in our society ( certain jobs etc wouldn't get done if certain personality's didn't excist because of the way people were brought up.