Children and teens on the DIS

[WDWMom]

How many of you let your children or teens read the DIS????? Only my DD14 does, but I'm beginning to second guess letting her on anymore. When DH and I first started lurking around the DIS, things we clean and family friendly. Now, I feel like I need to be there with her.

Now I am not an over-bearing Mom. My kids know what swearing is and what and what is not appropriate. I also don't watch their every move. They some independence. But I don't believe here is that place anymore. Why?????

Let's see.... inappropriate smilies, posts that refer to sex, a board for gay and lesbians that is directly below the teen board (nothing wrong with the board I just don't like where it was placed for my teen to find it easily).

Am I the only one that feels this way????

 

[Ziva]

Let's see.... inappropriate smilies, posts that refer to sex, a board for gay and lesbians that is directly below the teen board (nothing wrong with the board I just don't like where it was placed for my teen to find it easily).

I don't understand why the placement of the board is a problem for you, where would you put it?

 

[minkydog]

I have a 12yo who visits the board with me frequently. She isn't allowed free access to the internet without supervision. I have seen very little content on the DIS that I thought was really over the top.

 

[buddy&wooz]

I can think of plenty of web sites I don't want my 13 year old to visit, but this is certainly not one of them. I've never seen a cleaner board!

 

[Christine]

I have a 14 year old and a 11 year old who have absolutely no interest in the visiting this site. I don't know why--they just are not interested.

If, my 14 year old wanted to visit, I wouldn't have a problem with it. She visits myspace.com and, I'm sure, sees worse things. Now, I'm not saying that makes everything okay, but if you feel strongly about your 14 year old child looking at the stuff that's here on the DIS, I would hope that you are equally concerned about the other places that many 14 year olds visit.

 

[imsorry]

Which smilies are inappropriate? The smoking one is the only one that surprised me. To be honest, I like to kid around alot here, but I am kind
of shocked at some of the personal topics people talk about.

 

[Shugardrawers]

There is absolutely nothing inappropriate on the Gay and Lesbian board so I can't for the life of me figure out what's wrong with teens lurking or posting there. The same rules apply to them as to the rest of us.

BTW from your tag it appears you enjoy some of the more adult conversations as well. People who live in glass houses....

 

[Miss Jasmine]

I don't understand why the placement of the board is a problem for you, where would you put it?

I don't get that either. What do you think is on that board?

 

[WDWMom]

Personally I don't see the need for one. But then again, I'm not a lesbian. I don't the posts on that board, so I have no clue what is discussed. But I would think other than the gay days, how does planning a trip to WDW for someone who is gay be different from someone who is straight?

 

[Crankyshank]

What's wrong with where the G&L board is located? I'm pretty sure teens know that gay people converse with others

 

[Toby'sFriend]

my kids have no interest in the DIS.

When they were of the age that I felt they needed to be shielded from certain topics, we had an AOL account and they were pretty much restricted to the AOL specific (not general internet) kid's content.

If I still wanted 100% guarantee that they would be shielded from inappropriate material, I would not allow them any message board, IM, or email activity.

 

[WDWMom]

Which smilies are inappropriate? The smoking one is the only one that surprised me. To be honest, I like to kid around alot here, but I am kind
of shocked at some of the personal topics people talk about.

So you didn't see the crap hitting the fan smilies and the group of mooners????

 

[GEM]

I'd be hard pressed to find anything on here that I personally thought was too much for a 14 year old. Of course, everyone has a different idea of what is acceptable for their kids. If it bothers you, either monitor her while she reads or don't let her read at all. I hope that doens't come off as too harsh.

I honestly don't find anything too inappropriate here at all. Maybe every so often a thread goes a bit too far, but it's pretty rare. As for the placement of the Gay and Lesbian board, that totally puzzles me. I don't see why it's an issue. I mean, you do know there are gay/lesbian teens, right? I've hopped over there a few times to check it out and I haven't seen anything at all objectionable over there.

But, like I said, everyone has different standards. However, to expect everyone here to adhere to yours seems a bit unreasonalbe.

 

[chicagodisneyfan]

Nothing on the DIS has really ever struck me as inappropriate. Death, sickness, sex, breastfeeding, marital problems, school problems, etc are all a part of life. People feel close to each other and ask for advice.

Anything really over the line usually gets removed by a mod before most people even notice.

Talking about sex and sexuality is natural - it is not like people post stuff that borders on porn.

And the gay and lesbian board - I cannot even begin to think how one could have a problem with that - go read the posts - I think they are much more normal than us heterosexual folks. It is the cleanest board here - have they yet to have a post deleted?

 

[WDWMom]

There is absolutely nothing inappropriate on the Gay and Lesbian board so I can't for the life of me figure out what's wrong with teens lurking or posting there. The same rules apply to them as to the rest of us.

BTW from your tag it appears you enjoy some of the more adult conversations as well. People who live in glass houses....

Not really sure how the two of those are related.

 

[GEM]

So you didn't see the crap hitting the fan smilies and the group of mooners????

I did, but I honestly can't see getting worked up about a couple of animated smilies. If you're disturbed by that, I certainly hope you don't have any TVs in your house.

 

[WDWMom]

Talking about sex and sexuality is natural - it is not like people post stuff that borders on porn.
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Where have you been

 

[jbdreamer]

I think the DIS in a pretty safe and clean enviorment for teens.
I bet your kids hear much worse at their school daily.

 

[GEM]

Where have you been

Where have you been? I'd like to see links to specific threads. As has already been pointed out, threads like the specific one already mentioned are few and far between and usually removed fairly quickly.

Kids are going to be exposed to plenty of objectionable stuff - from crude t-shirt slogans to profanity on bumper stickers to hateful song lyrics. For me personally, the content on the DIS wouldn't even register as a blip on the radar.

 

[yeartolate]

How else are the gays and lesbians gonna recruit new members if their board is not proximate to the teen board?





For what it is worth, I have no problem with the placement of the board in proximity to the teen board. I do have issues with the board itself - I think it serves to socially separate a group that is need of further intergration into our society. But that is just a perception on my part.