And still, other commenters disagreed, saying they felt conversations their teenagers had on their phones were not private. “Sorry, but my 12-year-old doesn’t get 100% private conversations on her devices. She knows this, her classmates all know this, they teach this in school that any bullying or inappropriate texts will get you in trouble, etc.”
“I had to block a kid who assaulted my kid, continued to try to harass her via group chats, and even went to lengths of taking another kid’s device and attempting to call her and pull her into drama when she was told no contact was allowed. That same kid sent other minors inappropriate texts (graphic sexual content), and those parents had to deal with it.
Another girl sent worrying texts to my friend’s child about self-harm, which actually came to my friend’s phone, and she had to inform the school counselor and parents. The girl sent the text even after being told by the other child, ‘This is my mom’s phone; she’s going to see this.’ If your tween is sending my tween stuff, it’s getting monitored. If your kid is sending normal tween stuff, then no problem. They send dick pics, threatening or derogatory texts, anything racist, I’m reporting them.”
