I have this close friend (age 12) and she called me today saying that she had 5 boyfriends. I said how? She said that she went on a site called tagged.com and talked 2 some boys who claim 2 be 13-14. And she gave out he phone # to them! and she doenst even know them! And now wen she tlks 2 them online the r saying stuff like get naked and things like that ...i think she is being stupid by giving out personal info about herself to ppl she doesnt even know..those ppl could be like 50 yrs old tring 2 rape sum 1. Is she being stupid or am i being overly protective...?
2006-07-19 08:49:40 · 23 answers · asked by Yassou ~ Mikey 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
she is being stupid
2006-07-19 08:52:27 · answer #1 · answered by rhyno 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, First of all your a good friend. Second of all Tagged is a dangerous site JUST LIKE MYSPACE.com if it is used in the wrong way. FIRST OF all you need to tell her that she is setting her self up for a VERY dangerous situation. At the age of 12 she has NO buisness doing these things, or allowing people to tell her to get naked at 12 there is nothing to see when shes naked so she doesn't need to be.
You need to tell her to talk to her parents. She is going to get hurt look up some of the cases where little girls have been raped and KILLED due to the same thing she is doing. Your a good friend, you need to put an end to this madness. ITS NEVER OKAY TO GIVE YOUR INFO OUT ONLINE unless you KNOW the person and by that i mean to your uncle in california! You need to show her the proof in the pudding.
I am on tagged and if you give me her name i will also try and talk to her.
GOOD LUCK
-lynn
2006-07-19 08:55:12 · answer #2 · answered by aqurious_chic06 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HECKA YES YOU SHOULD AND HECKA NO YOUR NOT BEING PARANOID. Does it matter what their age is?
anyone who acts like that online is a pervert,
ugh, they have her number, that's no good.
there are some screwed up people on tagged, I don't really even use it anymore. (no reason to)
Hecka no, your not being overprotective,
find out who they are, casually from her, and report them to tagged, if that doesn't work well this sounds harsh to some people and it will to her, if these kind of things are being said between them and they have her phone number, which obvisouly could lead to an address but even if not, I would tell her parents, wether anonymously or direct because this is no good,
this is why little kids should not have access to such things, and why parents should be more aware of what their children are doing. I always hear on the news of how people were kidnapped from myspace etc.
my friend, if you are her true friend, wether she likes it or not, something should be done. It's hard. not easy. but it's best.
Better your friend be safe and in trouble or not than to be not safe and be harrassed by perverts who knows what they could do in real life.
2006-07-19 09:03:23 · answer #3 · answered by rambocommandodude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She's being stupid, you shouldn't give someone your phone number, your direction, your complete name... Well, I will better tell you what you can give:
Your first name
Your age (though it is a bit dangerous)
The country where you live
Your e-mail
And that's it. With the telephone number it is easy to get to know the place where you live, tell her to be really careful, and to stop talking to them
Good luck! and if your instinct tells so, call the police
2006-07-19 08:56:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
!st off she is 12yrs old what the hell is she talking about she have 5 boyfriends. your not being stupid or over protective your being smart. To be honest I would tell on her, because i wouldnt want her to be one of those young teens on the news. she is not even in high school to be dating. I think you and your homeboys should get together and scare her by acting like y'all someone your not and meet up with her so she can learn from that frighten experience.
2006-07-19 09:09:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you should be worried! Young people do stupid things and they don't know any better. Maybe you should give her examples of terrible things that happened in real life involving meeting ppl on the internet. Yes, old people talking to young girls are gross!!! You just never know if they're lying about their age.
2006-07-19 08:53:28 · answer #6 · answered by So_Wat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She is being very stupid. Educate her. There are plenty of sights on the internet about protecting yourself while you're online. If she doesn't stop this now she might end up meeting one of these freaks and then no one will ever see her again! Get her help!
2006-07-19 08:52:08 · answer #7 · answered by Phaylynn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if she is...if they are over 18, then yeah!
But maybe not. Either way try to figure out how old they really are.
I don't know if this'll work, but try to make a profile saying you're like a 19 year old girl and message them and ask their age. If it's not the same, then yeah she's being harrassed.
2006-07-19 08:53:19 · answer #8 · answered by Person #8 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your right, she shouldn't be giving out her information like that. and as you being a friend i think that you should confront her and tell her that what they are saying, isn't right. if she doesn't know them she shouldn't give out her information like that. you should talk to her and tell her that she should be more responsible on the Internet and if necessary sit her down and talk to her about such things as changing her phone number or deleting whatever she put on that site. tell her that she means something to you and you just don't want anything to happen to her and the easiest way to prevent that is to stop talking to those people. you aren't being overly protective.
2006-07-19 08:59:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, you have good cause to worry. It is highly likely and very dangerous that she could be seriously abused, harmed or killed by someone online. This happens waaaayyyy too often and she needs to realize this. She is way too young to be having this much attention from boys even if they are her age anyway. Check these out and share some statistics and safety tips with her. http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_9/mcfarlane/
http://www.dns2go.com/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/07/stalking_net_email/
http://www.protectkids.com/dangers/stats.htm
2006-07-19 08:56:17 · answer #10 · answered by amomentssunlight 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She is being way naive and you are not being overly protective. I think you should tell her Mom or Dad. I just saw an Oprah episode yesterday about pedophiles online and how dangerous and manipulative they can be. Please tell an adult to make sure that she doesn't get caught up in that mess.
2006-07-19 08:54:32 · answer #11 · answered by Miss Dee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋