Quote Originally Posted by Setesh45 View Post
Yes, obviously you have a lot of experience with children.
You are assuming children have the same degree of understanding and wisdom as adults, they always do what they are told, always go with the right choice.
You are projecting adult behaviour onto children, and not even adults are able to do the right thing at all times.
The human brain fully matures at the age of 25, a 13 year old brain is far from being able to comprehend how the world works.
No matter how good of a parent you are, you cannot expect a 13 year old child to always behave properly, that's why there are so many laws directed at the protection of children.
Your job as a parent is to make sure they don't do anything stupid. Any other response is an excuse. I'm very well researched in crime including crimes done to children. ERP is not your enemy. I've said this before and I'll say it again. Your enemy is social media and platforms where kids feel the need to post or exchange about themselves. To name the biggest ones right now; discord and twitter. Those are the main two hubs that I personally see kids make terrible mistakes. People exchange discords all the time in xiv. All the time. Its pretty much a must if you join an fc or a lot of content like raiding which involves using their voices which attracts predators after hearing them speak. These two spaces, young people tend to want to stand out the most. They want to be somebody. They post selfies, they overshare about their real life, they talk to strangers and develop crushes. This is all irl stuff. None of this has anything to do with people roleplaying as two catboys. Do you understand what I'm saying?

Try not to get defensive or argumentative with me. Really think about it.
I'm telling you I've seen this myself. I've seen young kids clearly getting groomed stemming from raiding. Stemming from just posting a lot on twitter and getting a little following. I've seen it. The common denominator is them involving their real lives. Not them pretending to be a vampy looking aura. And when it comes to things like that, that is souly the responsibility of parents. That is their soul obligation. You are to watch your children and what they do online. If something happens, you bare responsibility. Because you should have been watching what they were posting. No one care about what a cool progressive space-giving parent you are when your kid turns up missing because they made friends with someone 30 years older than them in minecraft (which is a true case and the girl has still never been found to this day, shes been gone for 2 years about now). Ok? If you genuinely want to be angry and point fingers and make a fuss about the dangers of the internet for children, point it in the right place, is all I'm saying. Because this isnt it.