# My Space,Face Book, etc. ...Mother of teen needs advice

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-space-face-book-etc-mother-of-teen-needs-advice/388549>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 19, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-space-face-book-etc-mother-of-teen-needs-advice/388549 "2007-01-19T02:53:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Adoptamom\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Adoptamom\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adoptamom_II)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-space-face-book-etc-mother-of-teen-needs-advice/388549/21 "2007-01-22T02:48:37Z")

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:::AdoptaMom shakes her head in wonder and why the “control” word keeps popping into this thread when I’m clearly seeking to expand my knowledge base in order to insure I stay up to date:::

Yes **Anne Neville** , I think our point was nicely made when we asked him how he could be positive it was a teenage girl he’d given our number to instead of a nut case. We’ve gone over internet personal safety rules many times with them, but I think this situation was a case where his hormones ruled his head (and not the one attached to his neck :rolleyes: ). That tends to happen with 15 year old boys occasionally.

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**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-space-face-book-etc-mother-of-teen-needs-advice/388549/22 "2007-01-22T03:00:05Z")

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[QUOTE=Adoptamom\_II]  
:::AdoptaMom shakes her head in wonder and why the “control” word keeps popping into this thread when I’m clearly seeking to expand my knowledge base in order to insure I stay up to date:::

Yes **Anne Neville** , I think our point was nicely made when we asked him how he could be positive it was a teenage girl he’d given our number to instead of a nut case. We’ve gone over internet personal safety rules many times with them, but I think this situation was a case where his hormones ruled his head (and not the one attached to his neck :rolleyes: ). That tends to happen with 15 year old boys occasionally.  
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That’s good. I remember my teenage years- my mom was big on “do it because I say so”, and I wouldn’t (and still won’t) generally do something if I didn’t understand why I should do it. We had a fair bit of conflict that wouldn’t have happened if she had just told me right off the bat _why_ she wanted me to do whatever it was. Seriously- once she did break down and explain why, after hours of arguing, I was usually like, “Oh. OK. I understand now, and I’ll do it.”

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