My neighbor has an 11 y/o and she's sassy af - she's at that age. I have a ~7 y/o. They often hang out because of Minecraft. There are other kids in the neighborhood, probably about 18 kids all ranging from 9 months to 11 years). Of course my daughter hangs out with the couple of other kids her age, but they're boys. Anyway all that doesn't matter...The 11y/o went on a month long vacation. I set up iMessaging a month or two ago for my ~7 y/o to contact me, dad, and grandma. Her and the 11 y/o added each other. Their messaging consists of "sup" and "poop." They FaceTime each other. I'm working on helping my ~7 y/o realize that people are busy so don't text them 90 times in one minute.Last night, the 11 y/o texted my kid "shut the $%^@ up, you have the wrong number." ...... like I'm sorry but excuse me? My kid isn't that annoying and even if she were... so I got on her iPad and texted back saying "this is [my kid's] mom. I know she can be somewhat of a bother, but please do not tell her to 'shut the #%%# up' let alone 'shut up.' Enjoy your vacation. I'll ask her to leave you alone." And I'll be damned if that little brat didn't text me a thumbs up and "sure."So, I reached out to her mom, sent a screenshot of the convo, apologized for my kid bothering them, and said I hope it was ok I told her to not tell my kid to shut up. Thankfully, her mom was receptive to it and apologized. She also took away her kids texting privileges. Like, if they want to hang out when they get back it's fine, but, I blocked the girl's # for now and have asked my kid to not get in touch with her.Did I overreact?I understand many of you probably will say a ~7 y/o has no business texting, but I set it up so she could get in touch with me and her dad while she's at the babysitter, or if I'm at work or school, and of course to talk to grandma. Let me say I used to let her get on YouTube but have since deleted that in favor of YouTube kids. I do monitor what she watches on it. She used to play Roblox (at the 11 y/o's suggestion) but I have since deleted that and tried to explain the dangers of that game. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2JNKbaE
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