My daughter has a cell phone and text (only) message allowed. I've told her that (as her parent) at any time, I can request to see her phone. And I can review her text messages if I decide to. She has a limit of 750 messages monthly.
In the past, she has been caught sneeking on MySpace (an account her mother and I didn't know about). That was quickly disabled. She now has site restrictions on her browser - on the computer. And we caught her writing inappropriate messages on her phone in the past.
So I have history here that concerns me.
I just looked at her phone for a picture (bluetooth) related issue. I decided to look at her text message history and it's wiped out. She did that in the past - and she says she always does it. Well she always does it now because I caught her speaking to boys in a sexual manner. I told her to write messages with the understanding that I or her mother can view them at any time.
And (a few months ago) I told her if she clears them out, I would punish her for doing that. Well, I just found a history of zero - and she has sent over 700 this month.
So I'm asking for advice on how I should discipline her for once again hiding her tracks again. She has been spending the night lately at several friends houses, and I'm concerned that she is beginning to head down a rough path.
Any advice on how I should punish her for deleting messages - when I told her not to? My idea - she zero'd her messages, so no text messages allowed for next month. Easy. Right? Thoughts?
In the past, she has been caught sneeking on MySpace (an account her mother and I didn't know about). That was quickly disabled. She now has site restrictions on her browser - on the computer. And we caught her writing inappropriate messages on her phone in the past.
So I have history here that concerns me.
I just looked at her phone for a picture (bluetooth) related issue. I decided to look at her text message history and it's wiped out. She did that in the past - and she says she always does it. Well she always does it now because I caught her speaking to boys in a sexual manner. I told her to write messages with the understanding that I or her mother can view them at any time.
And (a few months ago) I told her if she clears them out, I would punish her for doing that. Well, I just found a history of zero - and she has sent over 700 this month.
So I'm asking for advice on how I should discipline her for once again hiding her tracks again. She has been spending the night lately at several friends houses, and I'm concerned that she is beginning to head down a rough path.
Any advice on how I should punish her for deleting messages - when I told her not to? My idea - she zero'd her messages, so no text messages allowed for next month. Easy. Right? Thoughts?