Guest guest Posted March 1, 2000 Report Share Posted March 1, 2000 Hi Dennise, Is this young girl an RSS child? Or, a young parent? Perhaps, if she is an RSS child, she should join the group devoted to RSS kids? Do her parents know she joined this list? Are you asking us to watch our content out of concern for what she might see? Katy -- Katy Badt-Frissora User Interface Designer Lucent Technologies Phone: Fax: badt@... http://hf-lab.ho.lucent.com/katy/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2000 Report Share Posted March 1, 2000 Thanks for asking those questions, Katy. I was wondering the same things myself. I would hate to think that we have to censor ourselves now. Jodi Re: Posts > > > Hi Dennise, > > Is this young girl an RSS child? Or, a young parent? Perhaps, if she is an RSS > child, she should join the group devoted to RSS kids? Do her parents know she > joined this list? Are you asking us to watch our content out of concern for what > she might see? > > Katy > -- > Katy Badt-Frissora > User Interface Designer > Lucent Technologies > Phone: > Fax: > badt@... > http://hf-lab.ho.lucent.com/katy/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Tired of missing calls while online? Now you can surf the Internet > without worrying about missing important calls! CallWave's FREE > Internet Answering Machine lets you hear who's calling while online. > http://click./1/1927/0/_/229381/_/951923840/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2000 Report Share Posted March 1, 2000 Dennise, I am a volunteer youth minister at my church and I have a lot of respect for young people. They have taught me a lot about myself and my faith. However this list has become a place where adults share their joys, victories, accomplishments and their sadness, fears and vulnerabilities. It is important for young people to know that adults (especially their parents) do have all these feelings. But there is a time and a place for that and via the Internet is not the place. I would be most concerned that expressing my worries, fears and anxieties would unnecessarily increase those feelings in a young person. There are parental worries and worries for children, I don't won't to be responsible for giving more stress in an already stressful life of a child. Well that is my 2 cents. To my friends, Peace and Prayers Mark dad to 4 ( 5 in April), G-tube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2000 Report Share Posted March 1, 2000 The person I described is a young girl who has RSS. I really don't want to divulge any more information about her than that since the only way that I know she has RSS is from the remarks in her Member Profile. She may want to join the RSS-People list, which is for children and adults with RSS (RSS-People-subscribeonelist), but from other remarks, this does seem to be the place that she wants to be as she also states that she likes helping people who have children with RSS. I do not know if her parents know that she is on the list. I did want everyone to know that she was here, though. With regard to content, I was asking everyone to watch the " adult-type " content of their posts, not to watch what they said about RSS. The description for the RSS-Support list does invite " anyone who has a child with RSS, for adults with RSS, for children with RSS, or for anyone who knows someone with RSS. " The description also states that the content is " Safe For Children " . So, I'm not surprised that we do have a young person on this list. We may have others that I am not aware of. Many people leave their Member Profiles blank. This does lead to other questions for the list. Being that the list is still in it's " infancy " , if you will, not even a year old - are there changes that need to be made to the list? Is this list serving the purpose for which it was intended - to support those who either, directly or indirectly, are affected by RSS? Now that there is RSS-People (thanks so much to - she's a doll (I miss hearing from you)), should the content of the RSS-Support list be for adults only? Or do we want to continue to invite everyone who is touched by RSS to join us? I don't want to discourage this young lady from helping us with our children, but I also don't want for anyone, as Jodi says, to feel they need to censor what they say. I feel this " place " has turned into a true support group for many of us here and that it needs to be what we need it to be. As with anything new, an evolution takes place and when this list was created, I had no idea what to expect. At the time I had found nothing like it relating to RSS, so the invitation was open to everyone. So, hmmm, did I lose most of you a while ago? As always, I'm interested in hearing what others have to say. If it looks like I need to, I will take a " Survey " so as not to take up the valuable space in our e-mail in-boxes. Thanks. Dennise -----Original Message----- > > >Hi Dennise, > >Is this young girl an RSS child? Or, a young parent? Perhaps, if she is an RSS >child, she should join the group devoted to RSS kids? Do her parents know she >joined this list? Are you asking us to watch our content out of concern for what >she might see? > >Katy >-- >Katy Badt-Frissora >User Interface Designer >Lucent Technologies >Phone: >Fax: >badt@... >http://hf-lab.ho.lucent.com/katy/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2000 Report Share Posted March 1, 2000 Dennise and new young member, I think the service does indeed fill a valuable need -- we hear that every day from participants. I encourage our new member to take from this service whatever she can and to input freely! -I imagine, though, that she will not find us quite as interesting as we do ourselves...or at least not for long. As for the content of posts, I find them all pretty tame, but agree the heads up was necessary. Take care all. And, welcome new member! Re: Posts The person I described is a young girl who has RSS. I really don't want to divulge any more information about her than that since the only way that I know she has RSS is from the remarks in her Member Profile. She may want to join the RSS-People list, which is for children and adults with RSS (RSS-People-subscribeonelist), but from other remarks, this does seem to be the place that she wants to be as she also states that she likes helping people who have children with RSS. I do not know if her parents know that she is on the list. I did want everyone to know that she was here, though. With regard to content, I was asking everyone to watch the " adult-type " content of their posts, not to watch what they said about RSS. The description for the RSS-Support list does invite " anyone who has a child with RSS, for adults with RSS, for children with RSS, or for anyone who knows someone with RSS. " The description also states that the content is " Safe For Children " . So, I'm not surprised that we do have a young person on this list. We may have others that I am not aware of. Many people leave their Member Profiles blank. This does lead to other questions for the list. Being that the list is still in it's " infancy " , if you will, not even a year old - are there changes that need to be made to the list? Is this list serving the purpose for which it was intended - to support those who either, directly or indirectly, are affected by RSS? Now that there is RSS-People (thanks so much to - she's a doll (I miss hearing from you)), should the content of the RSS-Support list be for adults only? Or do we want to continue to invite everyone who is touched by RSS to join us? I don't want to discourage this young lady from helping us with our children, but I also don't want for anyone, as Jodi says, to feel they need to censor what they say. I feel this " place " has turned into a true support group for many of us here and that it needs to be what we need it to be. As with anything new, an evolution takes place and when this list was created, I had no idea what to expect. At the time I had found nothing like it relating to RSS, so the invitation was open to everyone. So, hmmm, did I lose most of you a while ago? As always, I'm interested in hearing what others have to say. If it looks like I need to, I will take a " Survey " so as not to take up the valuable space in our e-mail in-boxes. Thanks. Dennise -----Original Message----- > > >Hi Dennise, > >Is this young girl an RSS child? Or, a young parent? Perhaps, if she is an RSS >child, she should join the group devoted to RSS kids? Do her parents know she >joined this list? Are you asking us to watch our content out of concern for what >she might see? > >Katy >-- >Katy Badt-Frissora >User Interface Designer >Lucent Technologies >Phone: >Fax: >badt@... >http://hf-lab.ho.lucent.com/katy/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MAXIMIZE YOUR CARD, MINIMIZE YOUR RATE! Get a NextCard Visa, in 30 seconds! Get rates as low as 0.0% Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR and no hidden fees. Apply NOW! http://click./1/2067/0/_/229381/_/951942993/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2000 Report Share Posted March 1, 2000 Okay, wet-rag statement coming up! If we are going to have kids on the list, than I don't think I would want to joke about needing to have alcoholic drinks to get through our ordeals...I know it is all in good fun, but, hey, would we joke like that in front of our own kids? So, probably stuff like that we should watch out for. Or, you can brand me as prude and send me flames!!! :-)) Katy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2000 Report Share Posted March 1, 2000 Dennise, you have really given me food for thought with your post about who this list is intended for. (Bad grammar - sorry.) I have very mixed feelings. On the one hand, it is good that it is open to all - including children. I think children should have a place to communicate and learn about RSS, whether it is a child with RSS or a sibling of a child with RSS. On the other hand, I, as a parent, would like to have the opportunity to say whatever I want, within reason, of course, and not have to worry that a child is reading this. It is a very typical adult thing to joke about having a drink to relieve stress. And remember the joking that went on about another substance? It was quite tasteful and taken with the humor that it was intended to have. I think that whenever you get adults together to have a conversation, there is bound to be some exchange that we would not necessarily want kids to hear. It is part of being an adult. But besides things like the above topics, we have also discussed details of in-laws, parents, surgery, puberty, concerns and fears for our children, anger, and other things that parents may not want children to read. Perhaps it is time to reconsider the people who should be reading this. I, for one, would NEVER allow Max or Jenna to read these posts without screening them first. There are some adult conversations that children just don't understand no matter what the subject. In all honesty, I forgot that you had stated that this list was safe for all ages. It has become such a forum for parents, that I think we have all forgotten about that. And I am not sure that I want it to change from what it is now. You did us a tremendous service, Dennise, to go ahead and get this started. Look at the things we all can say to each other now. Where else would we all be turning if we did not have this? Perhaps it is time for you to do a survey. I will go along with whatever the majority wants. But for now, I want you to know that I enjoy the " freedom of speech " that we have and would like to keep it that way. That is my vote. And we do have who started the other list. That is where the kids should be. Jodi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2000 Report Share Posted March 1, 2000 Jodi, I'm with you on this one!! I spend most of my day with my children & I really try to " keep it all together " when they are around. This is the only place I can express what I feel and not feel guilty. When Josh is old enough to use the computer I will not want him to read all of the emotional stuff we express. Many times children can interpret frustration, anger, sadness ect.. as resentment. I think for many of us this IS are only source of support, and having the ability to speak freely (within reason) helps. - Mom of (13 mons) & (3) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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