Dodge_Sniper
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Should they have let her have an account? Probably not but they read all the messages (according to the article) and knew that she was talking with this "boy". I think a more correct comparison would be a person walking down the side of a road (with sidewalks provided) and getting hit by driver who fell asleep at the wheel. Both made bad choices but one was far worse.
Understandable. Same in this story, both parties are wrong. But in my opinion, the girl and her parents are more wrong, because the girl should have not joined against the rules, and shouldn't have attempted to pursue an online relationship, that spanned across hundreds of thousands of miles.
It stated in the article that the mother also posted comments
Read the article again. The 14-year-old girl owned the Myspace account, but she SIGNED UP when she was under the age of 14.
Users on MySpace must be at least 14, though Megan was not when she opened her account.
She broke that rule, and it caused her death. As for the depression, it says she was diagnosed with depression. Ok, sure.
She was described as a "bubbly, goofy" girl who loved spending time with her friends, watching movies and fishing with her dad.
Then why did she need depression medication?
Also, check this one out:
Megan's parents say she swooned when she received an affectionate note from "Josh"
Ok. Well, Donnie, forgive me for comparing myself to her yet again, but I won't lie. I've met a girl once or twice online that I liked, but I never killed myself over it. Why? Because, I'm mature enough to understand that the person is out of state, and it won't work. She lived in Missouri, and the "Josh" kid lived in Florida supposedly. She should have known right off the bat that it was trouble waiting to happen. How did her parents not see this? The parents KNEW about the affectionate note, KNEW that he lived in Florida, and KNEW that she had a Myspace. Why didn't the parents intervene? I'll use an example. Amber, let's say that a few years from now, when you've had the baby, when your child is 14, he/she(Sorry, I don't know if it's a boy or a girl) makes a Myspace account. Awesome. Then, he/she meets some one they have a crush on, that lives hundreds of thousands of miles away, and dates that person ONLINE. Shouldn't you, as a parent, intervene? I would if I was a parent. So why didn't these parents do anything? Anoter part of the article:
Megan's mother, who monitored her daughter's online communications, returned home and said she was shocked at the vulgar language her own daughter was sending. She told her daughter how upset she was about it.
Obviously, the mother somehow had access to Megan's messages, because you cannot see bulletins or messages unless you log on to Myspace, you can only see a profile. Therefore, the mother should have known the rules and regulations that go along with Myspace users. This girl broke the rules, and, although harshly, she suffered the consequences. If anybody should be held responsible, it should be her parents, for being negligent relating to their daughter's actions, and the kids' parents that were involved, for letting this happen.