[EZ2Luv]

So I thought I would give an update. As predicted by many, the cell phone /texting an out of state 14 yr old girl BACKFIRED bigtime. Let me just say that this alleged 14 yr old from NYC turned out to be a psycho nut jobthat my friends daughter made a foolish mistake of giving too much information about her family and friends, things like names, addresses and phone numbers as well as personal business. God only knows what transpired between Amanda and this person. The person had some kind of weird hold on Amanda

The police have been involved and this person has harrassed such horrible things to not only Amanda but others. This is not limited to texting but actual phone calls and threats and harrassment.
I think/hope my friend learned a lesson from all this. Amanada is now going to therapy(the only good thing that came of all this cause she needed therapy from the start) because of the control this person had over her and the fact that the person did a number on her self esteem telling her that her father doesn't love or want her cause she is fat and ugly (my friend is a single parent and has had issues with A's father).

I am not convinced even more that kids should not have cell phones until they are old enough to pay for them themselves.
When my friend told me what happened she at least agreed that she allowed things to get out of control, but that could only be because she was feeling bad about what happened and so many of us tried to tell her this was not good.
I cannot emphasise enough the importance of knowing who your children are communicating with. I know that the parents on this forum would never allow something like this to happen, but if you ahve any friends who are a little too liberal with their childrens cellphone/texting/onlinelife, show them this thread. There are really dangerous predators out there in cyberland.

EZ