A chip off the old block or also titled…the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree
I’m scared. I am a vengful SOB at times. I don’t know where I got it…my parents aren’t that way at all. But I’ve got it. Those that have known me here over the last few years know I can be pretty sadistic and unfeeling when it comes to getting back at people who have back stabbed me or fucked me over. My daughter has it too as I recently found out.
Apparantly, one of her classmates pissed her and her best friend off royally so my daughter takes it upon herself to exact revenge. At the tender age of 10, she went into this girl’s “Club Penguin” account ( a website for kids) and posed as the other girl and had a coversation with her best friend and used several profane words that proceeded to get the other girl (that she was posing as) booted from the site and her account revoked. ALL my daughter’s idea…and how she got the info to log in as her nemisis…I haven’t figured that one out yet.
Should I be proud or aghast? She is being punished…but some small part of me (because I know and dislike the girl she “Zappa’d”) is going…”heh heh…THAT’s my girl!”
Another problem…I haven’t told the other parents that my daughter did it because I detest THEM (imagine assholes raising a little asshole) and am stuck in a quandry of “do the right thing and teach my daughter a lesson” and “Fuck ‘em and the horse they rode in on.”
Screw the other parents but definitely let your daughter know that impersonation like that isn’t cool.
In extreme cases there have been serious consequences for imitating someone else online. If you want I can send you some examples.
LMAO…….as an adult I know I shouldn’t be laughing so hard - but knowing you like I do I can’t help it. No your parents aren’t like that, but neither are mine and I’m such a b*** it’s not even funny. My oldest son’s girlfriend won’t even call the house because she says “I’m mean” - LOL - imagine that…….it would help a lot if I liked her. As for your baby girl, I’m quite impressed she’s learned so much from her dad!! What does Mrs. Zappa say to all this? If it were me, I would take care of the problem at home and leave it at that - worry about them IF they were to ever find out - which the chances of that should be slim as long as your daughter and her friend keep quiet about it.
As for her figuring out how to get into her account - it wouldn’t be hard. At that age kids usually give out their passwords, etc. Well, even in high school, as my oldest daughter knew the passwords of some of her friends accounts.
But I do have to agree with Trench - impersonating another person is not a good thing and she should understand that it could get legal if caught.
I’m a very strict parent, my children don’t like me for a long time after they’ve done something wrong. Just ask my oldest son - whom is a Senior and 18 dating a ‘jailbait’ girl. The tension rides high in this household right now.
Trench is correct, but I think you can exact the needed revenge AND teach your daughter a lesson at the same time. Some people deserve the revenge that is exacted upon them; some do not. That is a pretty valuable lesson to learn when you are ten. Getting away with it is important to learn as well. She got caught and has to pay the consequences.
The other lesson I see here is how valuable and useful profane words can be.
Well…she WAS immediately and is currently being punished. As soon as I figured out what was going on, her computer got shut down and she has now lost HER Club Penguin priviledges that SHE paid for. She’s also grounded from sleepovers and any type of after school socialization for at least a few weeks…maybe more.
I have to give her credit as I would have NEVER known but her conscience quickly got the best of her and she came and told me some of what they had done and I easily guessed what had REALLY happened and she admitted it without much hesitation.
As far as the other kid’s parents…I have no need or desire for revenge myself…I just view them (as I always have) as an annoyance that I have to deal with on occassion and they are easily ignored. I’m not driven to the point of vengful acts against people that I just don’t like…you have to do something overt to me to trigger my “I’m gonna get you sucka” response… just being an idiot or an asshole isn’t enough or else I would do nothing all day but acts of revenge : )
I still have to say that I’m impressed that she was able to come up with this little plot all and carry it out. No one would have been the wiser if she didn’t have a conscience.
(1) Take her out for a chocolate malt.
(2) Explain the error of her ways/make her promise to never do it again/don’t ever get caught.
(3) Have her teach you cool hacking techniques.
(4) Make her promise to “never speak of this again”.
(5) Take her to a Lindsey Lohan retrospective for a screening of MEAN GIRLS.
(6) Hug the stuffing out of her and smooch her on top of the head.
I wish my young ‘un had bee so savvy at sage 10…. She was practically a teenager before her double devious side emerged!