[quote=return_of_weatherbee]The thing with parents those is they believe that parental controls are going to block everything to kids but anything can be manipulated and used for harm so even if TNT watched more carefully or cracked down on words like attractive etc. there are still going to be people that find loop holes. --- I'm a parent and I don't believe that. *lol* Easy way to fix it. Don't allow your children to get on the internet without watching them. Or not at all.[/quote] But what parent honesty has the time to spend watching every move that a child makes on the Internet. And for younger players - like under 13 - it would be great to do that, but once a child is in high school most parents tend to feel like they know right from wrong and won't make any stupid mistakes. I don't think I was very supervised when I was high school, and most of my time in middle school when I was online. My parents had enough trust in me and didn't think I'd become "one of those stupid teenagers" - and they were right, but some parents are ignorant when it comes to what their children do. http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=evilbluemunkeyz

But what parent honesty has the time to spend watching every move that a child makes on the Internet --- if the child is young the parent SHOULD be watching their every move ;)

[quote=evilbluemunkeyz][quote=return_of_weatherbee]The thing with parents those is they believe that parental controls are going to block everything to kids but anything can be manipulated and used for harm so even if TNT watched more carefully or cracked down on words like attractive etc. there are still going to be people that find loop holes. --- I'm a parent and I don't believe that. *lol* Easy way to fix it. Don't allow your children to get on the internet without watching them. Or not at all.[/quote] But what parent honesty has the time to spend watching every move that a child makes on the Internet. And for younger players - like under 13 - it would be great to do that, but once a child is in high school most parents tend to feel like they know right from wrong and won't make any stupid mistakes. I don't think I was very supervised when I was high school, and most of my time in middle school when I was online. My parents had enough trust in me and didn't think I'd become "one of those stupid teenagers" - and they were right, but some parents are ignorant when it comes to what their children do. http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=evilbluemunkeyz[/quote] Yeahh...my parents know that I'm not stupid enough to be inappropriate over the internet, so they don't bother watching me... The only reason they'd ever watch me is to make sure I do my homework, which I don't... rather sit here & on Neo instead of working, and then I end up doing my homework really late and dying the next morning due to lack of sleep...how many of you here have to get up at 6 to catch a school bus? *cry* My only stupid mistake? The wonders of procrastination and homework failure *lol* This has been a very VERY interesting convo, too amusing *lol* Kinda sad that I got all the erm..-censored- ? data... My mind's destroyed *unsure* :(

Lol well at least you know better than to give out personal info... I don't have to get up at 6 but I did have to get up at 6:30 the other day to take hubby to work. I'm SO not a morning person.

Use to have to get up that early - one thing I'm glad being a college student I ca plan my classes how I want and therefore I don't try to plan classes before noon, and if I have to have a class in the morning 9:30 is my earliest. http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=evilbluemunkeyz

[quote=evilbluemunkeyz]Honestly I don't think TNT would do anything too them because there are worse punishments going on and when it comes to guild council - its Neopets - its a game, it doesn't rule your life so if you lose your spot, find another guild because obviously if that is the type of politics going on its a shitty guild to begin with. But on the topic of Internet dating - its just pathetic. I'd feel sorry for them that they couldn't find someone in real life and had to resort to Neopets to find company like that. http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=evilbluemunkeyz[/quote] So you don't love me o_O

Interesting topic :P I just want to clarify, how do you define dating? While I understand the 'tent interaction' is illegal for minors and stuff, but dating in general? (regardless on/offline/neo/offneo) When some kids go to kindergarten and interact with other kids, and come back home saying "Ma! I have a girlfriend!". While to a certain extent we know it's not serious, but is that illegal? :p Is that dating, if the two kids hang around with each other a lot, calling each other bf/gf with no 'further interaction' involved? -----------=^_^=----------- I bite. Ik bijt. Aku gigit.

dont understand how people date without knowing the person irl also only read a few posts, still trying to figure out what the word for tent pole is..

[quote=Reborn_naphesh][quote=P4Ssoa][quote=evilbluemunkeyz]Honestly I don't think TNT would do anything too them because there are worse punishments going on and when it comes to guild council - its Neopets - its a game, it doesn't rule your life so if you lose your spot, find another guild because obviously if that is the type of politics going on its a shitty guild to begin with. But on the topic of Internet dating - its just pathetic. I'd feel sorry for them that they couldn't find someone in real life and had to resort to Neopets to find company like that. http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=evilbluemunkeyz[/quote] So you don't love me o_O[/quote] If it was the real tnt, they would do something..but viacom is too into their nc mall. Even though its not a bad punishment, it is still agaisnt the rules. Tons of people use programs and you will never see them iced.[/quote] LOL noob engage your mind... just think what happens when a guy gets excited :P As for the above - all depends how it's done. I met my current boyfriend on neopets. We would never say anything inappropriate on the site itself. This all happened on msn. As for it being tragic, pfft, could care less. I have had plenty of boyfriends which I didn't need to pull off neopets :P Think what you like, but not everyone who ends up dating from this site is a geek who is unable to get a partner any other way. I dumped my ex, who I was practically engaged to at the time for my current neo guy. As for dating someone you have never met. We only did that for 2 months, the plan was there the moment things developed that we had to meet up. Sure I got lucky, I took the risk of flying to another country to meet him with no real life people knowing the truth about where I was going. However I was 22 and figured I can take care of myself. Needless to say, all worked out nicely. ___________ Kirsty aka "the sensitive one" Silverdragon siggy stealer Tasty tent seller