Unbelievable Rudeness!

[Paladinleeds]

Not everyone has social anxiety that bad or worries that much about what people say to them online, so that stance is a biiiiit extreme. Unless you're having a laugh with us which ok fair. This kid just got a taste of the internet and frankly surprised it took them until 13 to get it. Have you heard the stuff 10 year olds say to each other on Minecraft or Xbox Live? Going off the deep end like this parent has only enforces their daughter's inability to handle jerks which is a skill everyone will need or life will be miserable. It sucks that it happened but its a good chance for good parenting and a lesson about dealing with other people.

Perhaps my stance is considered on the more "extreme" side. However, I feel it matters in the case of this, going off my own experiences. With the rise of things like soxial anxiety and such though, I feel it better to be safe than sorry. If someone can handle iot better than parents before then, then more power to them, and by all means, exceptions can be made. But with the supervision, you also use that time to showcase how to handle the situation better in the future.

[Vahlnir]

Perhaps my stance is considered on the more "extreme" side. However, I feel it matters in the case of this, going off my own experiences. With the rise of things like soxial anxiety and such though, I feel it better to be safe than sorry. If someone can handle iot better than parents before then, then more power to them, and by all means, exceptions can be made. But with the supervision, you also use that time to showcase how to handle the situation better in the future.

I've had social anxiety most of my life...but since the games I play are mostly MMOs I had to learn how to deal with people being jerks. Others should be doing the same and/or teaching others to do the same. The best solution is to simply not give them the reaction they want. Going to extremes doesn't really help anyone. In fact, what you are suggesting wouldn't really solve anything. It would only be delaying the inevitable...which is people needing to learn how to handle themselves on the internet. I've had bad days where a random jerk got under my skin but I didn't really dwell on it. I just walked away, cooled down and got back to it. I won't touch the parenting thing like others have brought up with a ten foot pole though. Not my kid, not my place to say.