Was it wrong to change my daughters myspace and her password?

Question

OK, I didnt hack into her myspace and invade her privacy. I have a myspace too so I can keep in touch with my family and share pics and stuff. She is on my friends list and I am on hers even though we live together. LOL
I noticed on her myspace she has been using terrible language. Stuff I taught her was wrong to say. And I also noticed she has been lying about herself (age, things she does, etc..) and also saying bad things about me and my husband and how she doesnt like us. Why? Not sure. We get along great. And she is trying to act like she is this "bad girl" that she ISNT. AND listening to music we dont allow her to listen to. SO, I went into her myspace because she let me know the password the other day. And I changed her password and took out the bad music and erased the lies about herself and the bad language and left a blog for her firends that she is grounded. I also edited her features so only friends can see her profile and made it to not show where she lives.

She is only 13. And another thing is she had way to much personal information about herself on this site.

Answer 1

No!!! you did the right thing, even if she says she says she hates you for it. Kids will say all kinds of things to there friends to make them selves look cool. I don't really think that she means what she says to her friends, you sound like you are a stricked parent and believe me they hate stricked parents. I know i have 2 teenage boys. They talk on the msn all the time and i have both there emails and passwords.
If they don't give it to me when they change it
i lock them out of the computer. You can talk to them all you want it seems but they have there own mines when talking to friends. They will grow out of it in time It is a teenage thing. We as parents all go through it at one point or another. Just keep doing what your doing , just make sure you give her a little privacy not alot
but do give her some. Keep your eye to the computer at least once or twice a week and make sure she is not in those chat rooms. They are dangeres for young children.
You are a good parent keep it up. She will thank you in later years.

Answer 2

With the internet being such a dangerous place, I would not have been mad had my parents did the same thing. If she is mad make her watch a news clip about how kids are constantly meeting friends that they've never known until myspace and are kidnapped, raped, murdered and extorted. You are protecting her and when she is older, she will realize what you are doing was for her own good. Down here in my area, there's was a big thing on the news where girls lured a boy into a trap from myspace to beat and rob him. Another incident where a girl met up with a man who lied about his age and raped her and left her for dead. Terrible things can happen and you don't want to find your daughter on the news for this reason.

Answer 3

myspace is not a good thing. i hate it personally. it causes way to much stress and drama for a stupid little websight. i have so many friends that get so offendend when some one moves them down a space on there top 8 or what ever. i think myspace should just end.

Answer 4

How old is she? If she is younger than 18, you have every right to do that...It is a privelage to use that site and she needs to follow the rules you have set up for her.. she should have private profile anyway if she is just a kid..My son has to tell me his password and I check it all the time..he is 14 and knows that i will delete it if he breaks the rules...Keep up the good work!!

Answer 5

I think that your intentions were very good but you went about it wrong. your daughter uses that myspace account to let the "bad" out and have a little fun. I think instead of changing her myspace with out her permission is not a good way of doing things. I would recomend talking with her and trying to discuss her myspace. I think you can regulate her a little bit but if she has no other way of letting the "bad" out of her and might do it in another way which could be worse. So as long as there is nothing that can cause her harm I think its okay to give her a little lee way

Answer 6

How old is your daughter? I think is wrong that you changed her password and edited her stuff, but I don't blame you for looking, I look at my kids' stuff too. I think sometimes we need to remember that they should have certain rights too. All teenagers like to show off a "bad" persona to others it is perfectly normal. What you need to look at though is: how are her grades, is she a good student, daughter, friend to others? If she is not drinking and drugging then don't sweat the small stuff. swearing and listening to music that you do not approve of is typical for a teenager. Good luck

Answer 7

she will get over it and one day thank you....u didnt wrong at all...children need direction and if the parents do no guide them in the right path, who will? So i commend your authority and your actions towards this situation. It really shows you are trying to lead your daughter in a right direction and guide her.

Answer 8

i think this si wrong you have no right to change something you did not make you are a trashy parent and do not deserve to have a child for your child to lie about erh age is good so no pedophile can know who she is to lie all the time on the internet is good so no stranger knows who she is so i would be thankful you should never do this again or i will be forced to kill you

Answer 9

That was WRONG to do that to her MySpace! My mother would NEVER do that to me, even if she didn't like the music or language I was using online!

Answer 10

would of done the same thing.... kids dont understand the consequences of putting personal info on those websites...