Kids, Computers, and the Law

[TigerLily]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Nothing like a little personal responsibility. "They ddin't stop us from breaking the rules, it's the administration's fault!"

this argument is the ONLY argument I ever hear from my child.. "it's not my fault!" "I didn't do anything wrong!" "they made me mad!" .."I shouldn't have gotten susupended! My friends broke the soda machine I just picked up the money when it fell out!" "It's grandmas fault her cell phone bill is $1000.00. If she hadn't have taken texting off of my phone I wouldn't have had to impersonate her to get it back on...and I was mad at her so I used it alot." (yeah I said NO cell phones unless they are pre-paid. I know my kid. My mother gave her one linked to her bill???)....I figure it is a teenage thing, but the day she actually admits something is her fault I may faint.

If my child did this to a school computer inside I may be happy she figured it out, but she would still be in BIG trouble because of her history of misbehaving. I can't cut my child in slack. If I give her an inch she will run for 10 miles and it's very difficult to get her back in line.