Mom tricks daughter on Bebo
Mom poses as male teen online to catch daughter:
A 13-year-old Alabama girl received a message from a 17-year-old boy over the social site Bebo. She had made the Bebo profile without parental permission and lied on the profile saying she was 16.
They had brief Internet conversations and after he sent her a photo of his body, Jasmine agreed to tell him more information no young girl should tell a stranger.
Except the 17-year-old boy was actually the girl’s mom, and mom has a mean streak in her.
As it turned out, Jasmine’s interest in her unseen friend soured when he said he knew her age and what she did on Tuesday nights. She stopped all communication when he told her he knew where she lived.
“I completely deleted my page,” Jasmine says. “I was scared.”
Lesson learned.
Lesson learned indeed. Hats off to mom for giving her daughter a nice jolt of reality.
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11 opinions for Mom tricks daughter on Bebo
David
Oct 3, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Probably the greatest story i have read so far…More parents should be like that, and actually monitor what there kids are doing on line.
LindaSerena
Oct 4, 2007 at 2:24 am
Hmmm. That gives me an idea. I’ve been watching my children’s myspace for two years now, but just in case…………..
TKTURNER
Oct 4, 2007 at 4:11 pm
WONDERFUL JOB to this mom. I try to monitor my 13 year old son’s Bebo page as often as possible. It really frightens me just how much information he is willing to share about himself. We have had tireless talks regarding not giving personal information out to people online, but I’ve discovered that he still does. Technology is great, but we must come up with more ways to safe guard our children from possible predators that use this form of technology as bait.
I believe this young girl has learned a very valuable lesson. You never know who you are talking to online.
SeoulGirl
Oct 6, 2007 at 1:24 am
Great story, and an even more awesome Mom!!! That’s a smart chick, good for her.
them
Dec 12, 2007 at 2:27 pm
i dont think she had a right to converse with her daughter like that. adolecense is a confusing time for everybody sexually and i feel to manipulate her daughter into ‘flirting’ with a potential (but evidently imaginary) boyfriend is perverted in a sense. who knows what secrets the girl told that her mom without knowing….. i think its virtually on par with a mother opening her daughters confidential letters in the post and eavesdropping on her personal life. sure, the girl learned a lesson in this case, but i know if somebody did that to me, i would seriously consider hiring a lawyer….
Samantha
Dec 12, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Wow… And mommy couldn’t just sit down with her daughter and explain the danger of talking to people she doesn’t know on the internet?
This is scary… and oddly reminiscence of what Lori Drew did to Megan Meier… only with a slightly better outcome.
blogomment
Dec 22, 2007 at 3:29 pm
I think she’d already tried talking. Sometimes people need a personal experience of some kind to learn from.
Lol
Jan 20, 2008 at 9:49 pm
This is stupid, whats a name gonna do? its just a freaking first name, let your kids play on this crap bebo and enjoy themselves.
As long as they dont give away adress or some crap theyre ok!
And what a crazy mum, I would hate to be her daughter. Shes so dumb.
Kristy
Jan 21, 2008 at 2:34 am
Lol, you’re obviously a poor, badly done by 14 year old, right? Your parents let you do all this “cool” and “hardcore” shit like putting your name on your Bebo, but it’s LyK kEWl n shYt COz uR BiTCheZ gUT ur BaKK
Grow up. At least some parents give a shit what their kids are up to. I don’t think her Mum sounds crazy, I think she sounds like a straight up legend.
Jay
Jan 21, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Untill your 18 you belong to your parents. They are in charge of keeping you safe and out of harms way. Just because your dumb friends have Bebo,does not mean you neeeed to have it. It is scary what people can get off of just your about me section. Why not hang a sign out of your window saying abduct me. I have seen some profiles where the kids post how many people in there family, what all there names are and a general descriptions of the house and street they live on. I don’t think kids need to have free range on what they do or say online. When you can handle your self like a mature responsible adult you can move out.
Audri Skipper
Jul 9, 2008 at 11:36 am
I have been watching my daughter’s myspace in a similar manner. I fooled my daughter into adding me as a friend on her myspace. we talk back and forth almost everyday She talks to “Liz” ( aka me- a girl 2 yrs older) about things she wouldn’t say to me as her mom. “Liz ” is a teen that is the peer guide that can guide her with the values I want for my daughter that seem to go in one ear and out the other when it comes from me her mom but somehow stick when the exact thing comes from me as “liz” Yeah it’s deceitful but like the mom in the story you have to protect your children and in a world where teens listen to their peers more readlily, I feel it’s nice to have her mom’s voice in there some where voiding off the unwanted peer pressure form friends. It also gives her someone like her to take a stand with.
any thoughts/ Feel free to contact me
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