Children and teens on the DIS

[Tigger&Belle]

bribing our spouses with "getting busy" to do housework!

My DH would scrub the house top to bottom if he thought it would help in that department. Hmmm, maybe I'm onto something.

 

[Marseeya]

Not really sure how the two of those are related.

You really don't see a problem in bragging about alcoholic drinks on a family friendly board, yet at the same time you're concerned about the G&L board?

I get it.

Booze, okay.
Gay and lesbian, bad.

 

[Hercules10]

Totally inappropriate things like periods, menopause and bribing our spouses with "getting busy" to do housework!

Hey! Watch your language! I have to read these boards too ya know!

 

[luvmydogs]

My DH would scrub the house top to bottom if he thought it would help in that department. Hmmm, maybe I'm onto something.

 

[WDWMom]

Again, if you don't like what your children might read here, don't let them read. You're the parent. I don't let my children play certain video games, watch certain movies. Sometimes they don't like my rules and get mad. Oh, well, I'm the parent and my rules are the ones we go by. I listen to my kids, but I also stick to my guns on what I believe to be the values that I hold important.

Teens hear a lot when they are with other teens--I know that I read and heard a lot worse when I was a teen. And that was practically in the dark ages.

Again, that is my point. I use to not worry about it because things were kept clean, and now they are not.

 

[MICKEY88]

My DH would scrub the house top to bottom if he thought it would help in that department. Hmmm, maybe I'm onto something.

what would be the point, then he would be too tired...

 

[NMAmy]

Totally inappropriate things like periods, menopause and bribing our spouses with "getting busy" to do housework!

But then what would we talk about on the CB??

 

[Bob Slydell]

Again the point was that I just don't think this is place is what it use to be.

You're kidding, right?

The DIS has ALWAYS had threads and posts and members who've "pushed the envelope". It's always pretty much been handled the same way. I don't think the DIS has changed at all, aside from it getting larger.

 

[luvmydogs]

what would be the point, then he would be too tired...

Shhhhhhhh...don't give away The Plan!

 

[wvjules]

I am very sorry you have encountered this.

I am not against gay or lesbian people. This isn't about me. it's about what I want to expose my child to, when I am not around to answer questions or to clarify something. My kids ask a ton of questions about life when they hear things they don't understand. I am honest with my answers.

Again the point was that I just don't think this is place is what it use to be.

Then don't let them on the internet when you are not around!!!!!!!!

 

[Miss Jasmine]

My point is that people don't seem to care that there are teens/children on board who read these posts before they get deleted. I am pretty upfront with my children about life. DD knows I have an uncle who is gay and has lived with the same partner for 30 years.

Everyone knows the rules when they signed up here and don't follow the rules.

You're right, I don't care that there may be teens/children reading threads here. It is that child's parent's responsibility to see what his/her child is reading and determine if it is appropriate, not mine.

 

[luvmydogs]

But then what would we talk about on the CB??

Refillable mugs!

Oh, dang. That's the Resorts Board. This is all just one vicious circle!

 

[WDWMom]

You really don't see a problem in bragging about alcoholic drinks on a family friendly board, yet at the same time you're concerned about the G&L board?

I get it.

Booze, okay.
Gay and lesbian, bad.

My kids know I drink. I do it in front of them. I am responsible. I am 21 and it is legal. Sex is private and whether it is same sex or opposite sex I want my children to learn the correct information from me, and not think just because they read it, it is true. I also don't want my DD to think just because other people think a behavior it OK, it doesn't mean that it is. And I am not talking about homosexuality. There have been sexually explicit posts that are not appropriate.

 

[wvjules]

My kids know I drink. I do it in front of them. I am responsible. I am 21 and it is legal. Sex is private and whether it is same sex or opposite sex I want my children to learn the correct information from me, and not think just because they read it, it is true. I also don't want my DD to think just because other people think a behavior it OK, it doesn't mean that it is. And I am not talking about homosexuality. There have been sexually explicit posts that are not appropriate.

This brings us right back to this

Then don't let them on the internet when you are not around!!!!!!!!

 

[Shugardrawers]

Shhhhhhhh...don't give away The Plan!

OMG this is the only post that has ever made me ACTUALLY do this I have been found out. I thought I was the only one who'd learned of that added little perk!

 

[Miss Jasmine]

My kids know I drink. I do it in front of them. I am responsible. I am 21 and it is legal. Sex is private and whether it is same sex or opposite sex I want my children to learn the correct information from me, and not think just because they read it, it is true. I also don't want my DD to think just because other people think a behavior it OK, it doesn't mean that it is. And I am not talking about homosexuality. There have been sexually explicit posts that are not appropriate.

I just wanted to note that sex is legal, too, at your age.

 

[Marseeya]

My kids know I drink. I do it in front of them. I am responsible. I am 21 and it is legal. Sex is private and whether it is same sex or opposite sex I want my children to learn the correct information from me, and not think just because they read it, it is true. I also don't want my DD to think just because other people think a behavior it OK, it doesn't mean that it is. And I am not talking about homosexuality. There have been sexually explicit posts that are not appropriate.

Last I heard sex is legal too.

Maybe some people on the boards don't want their children exposed to your tag and don't want them thinking that alcohol is okay. Maybe alcoholism runs in their family, so drinking is bad at any age.

Can't you see the hypocrisy in that? You're worried about what your kids will see, but it doesn't matter to you what other kids will see.

That's why it's up to each individual parent to monitor their own kids' internet activities. The moderators are doing a good job in removing questionable threads, but they can't catch everything as it happens. Any old troll can come on here at any point in time and post something so inappropriate it'll blow your mind. YOU need to be there to catch it before the mods do if you're that concerned for your children's delicate sensibilities.

 

[luvmydogs]

...I have been found out. I thought I was the only one who'd learned of that added little perk!

Oh, no. There are others. You'll have to come to one of our meetings sometime. We call them....Tupperware Parties...

 

[WDWMom]

I just wanted to note that sex is legal, too, at your age.

It's a good thing Or Dh and I would be going to jail.

 

[Southern4sure]

I'm really confused...you're 21 yrs old and you have a 14 yr old DD and you like to drink......