im scared for my daughter

United States
March 4, 2008 9:35am CST
my daughter goes into teen chat rooms and give out our home phone number.she is always on the phone.i never know who she is talking to and my understanding is some of these guys are 18 years and older.i know of two that are 24 years old.please any advise i can do to stop this please help me.
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• Pakistan
7 Mar 08
people belongign to your culture often have these kinds of problems I really thank God for making me a Muslim.My advise is that you should talk to her that for everything there is a certain age and some things are not exactly as they appear to be.
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• United States
4 Mar 08
I do not want to worry you any more then you are but I feel I have to be honest with you. When i was 13 I talked to adult men on the phone and ended up being raped by two of them. Please also realize that if they have your phone number they can find out where you live. Obviously your daughter is putting herself in a very dangerous situation. unfortunately I doubt she realizes she is in any danger. Men that go for young girls tend to be sweet talkers. Nothing you say is going to make her realize these men are not her friends. You need to cut off her ability to speak with these men at all costs, no matter what. She may scream and yell and say nasty things to you but would you prefer that or stare at her lying in a hospital bed in the emergency room because one of these guys tracked her down, as my mom had to see me. Change the settings on the internet so she is not allowed in chat rooms, restrict her phone usage. Make it clear she is not allowed to talk to adult men. I am sorry their is no easy way out of this situation. Good luck!
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• Canada
4 Mar 08
Have a one on one discussion with her. If she sounds trustworthy then let her use it but with restrictions. Otherwise, ban her from the computer.
• United States
4 Mar 08
Well I would put restrictions on the computer since she cant be responsible about it. I dont blame you for being scared either. Their should be a setting were you can block chatrooms . I know their is also a program you can buy that only lets them go to certain sights. I would highly recommend doing this. We hear so much about all these girls and guys and what happens on the internet. I'm glad your considered! Hope I helped.
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